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April 2008Happy Birthday: 1968In April 1968, 2001: A Space Odyssey premiered after a great deal of hype. The New York Times reviewer categorized the movie somewhere "between hypnotic and boring"; The New Yorker's Pauline Kael dismissed it as "trash masquerading as art." The public loved it, however, and some movie critics ended up reconsidering, renouncing, and revising their reviews. In addition to welcoming a new style of movie, 1968 also ushered in 218 new words, of which more than a few evoke Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece. Interested in checking out the words that first appeared in print in a particular year? Select the Collegiate as your reference, click on Advanced Search, type the year into the Date field and click on Search.
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