Also called the Turkish dress, American dress, or simply reform dress, bloomers were an innovation of readers of the Water-Cure Journal, a popular health periodical that in October 1849 began urging women to develop a style of dress that was not so harmful to their health as the current fashion.
Contact (1997 American film) Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It is a film adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name; Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film.
December 11, 1996. Nutshell: Very good stuff. Probably the best of all Trek films, with an involving story and a skillful, even-handed approach. Star Trek: First Contact is one of the best Star Trek films â probably the best Trek film â definitely the most even-handed.