Mr. Sendak, known in particular for “Where the Wild Things Are,” was widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century.

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Maurice Sendak, Children’s Author, Dies at 83

Scientists say that there has been a mysterious decline in the growth of methane in the atmosphere in the last decades of the 20th Century.

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New theories over methane puzzle

The American shirtwaist, with its hiked hemline and unfettered curves, at the turn of the 20th century represented an escape from confining, street-sweeping dresses. In steamy tenement rooms and factories like the Triangle Waist Company shirtwaists were turned out by the thousands.

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City Room: The Liberating Shirtwaist

Jack Black stars in the 20th Century Fox adaptation of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels with this fantasy-filled comedic production. Movie Details

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Gulliver’s Travels

Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the greatest opera stars of the 20th Century, dies at her home in Switzerland aged 83.

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Dame Joan Sutherland dies aged 83

One of the most acclaimed sopranos of the 20th century.

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Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies