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Language taboos seem to be persistent in American English--more so than in British English, where, although one cannot say that anything goes, one encounters more dirty language on television (in particular), especially after the so-called “watershed” hour of nine o'clock (which some are trying to put off till ten o'clock).
This week several critics dub it the Great American Musical, including The New Yorker 's John Lahr, who pronounces it "a theatrical watershed: an awesome pyrotechnical display of theatrical craft and showmanship."
You now could argue both events were watershed moments for female athletes because Americans simply love a spectacle.
On 9 December 1990, Poles made Lech Walesa the first popularly elected president in post-World War II Poland, a watershed event for the Soviet bloc of nations.
Watershed damages (water filtration, flood control)