Influenced by the brief cultural explosion in the Soviet Union, German literature, cinema, theatre and musical works entered a phase of great creativity.

After World War II, with the country under the spell of a cultural explosion known as "the edifice complex," ever grander and larger auditoriums were constructed.

How many more masters of the Russian cultural explosion in the early years of the century lie awaiting discovery?

In the next century of growth followed both economic, cultural and demographic explosion, shown by the fact that 11 villages in the district had 3,000 inhabitants.

The reactionism," Mr. Wuorinen goes on, "had its roots in the Vietnam period, the era of the so-called cultural explosion.

But his election as president in 1997 - and his call for tolerance and the rule of law - signaled an even bolder cultural explosion.

Between 60,000 and 30,000 years ago humans started creating art in the form of paintings on cave walls, jewelry and so on (the "cultural explosion").

And so we have boasted about the growth of the arts since 1965 - what we call the "cultural explosion."

I believe this is the beginning of a rediscovery of great works and the uncovering of a cultural explosion.

That's what captivates me - the period, the cultural explosions, not Napoleon.