Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...model sounds familiar, there's a reason: it's very like what the U.S. did in the 1990s. That was the decade in which the U.S. had to dramatically restructure its economy for a new, postindustrial age after the violent recessions of the 1970s and early '80s. And the revolution was accomplished with the help of lavish federal deficits (which are only now being paid down), tax cuts and extensive, bottom-up restructuring that transformed dinosaurs like Ford into world-class competitors. Ever since the Meiji era, when the nation ended centuries of isolation, Japan has proved expert at adopting...
...didn't, not really, though Apple products from the Lisa to the LaserWriter have certainly pointed the way. Back when the first Macs were rolling out in the early '80s, the mass market Jobs was aiming for didn't yet exist--at least not at the prices he was charging. Since then, the operating-system wars--and years of bumbling management--have taken their toll on the company. By the time Microsoft's Windows captured the OS flag, the software community had largely stopped writing programs for the Mac--a leading indicator of Apple's long, slow and very painful...
...80s! To today's teen audience, those days are deader than the Dark Ages. But the high school worries about pride and friendship and whether one should pack Tic Tac or gum on a date are timeless. On a wedding day three pals (Richard T. Jones, Omar Epps and Taye Diggs) flash back to their youth in Inglewood, Calif., courting the girls and stoutly refusing a joint from the local gangster ("What are you all, Muslims or something?"). The movie is aiming more for American Graffiti than American Pie; it dares to hint that a man should strive for humanity...
...moves away from the through-the-roof lager madness of Dig Your Own Hole to a more house-based sound, one that's perhaps less accessible than their earlier rocktinged efforts. In a way, it's a roots album for the Chemicals, recalling the influences of Kraftwerk and early-'80s electro (most evident in the title track) and showcasing a definite European sound...
...never been that way with the women. In the 1970s and '80s, Jan Stephenson and Laura Baugh had outsize celebrity on the golf tour because they were, well, babes. And today tennis' pouty princess, Anna Kournikova, gets all the endorsements she wants despite the fact that her career WTA-win total is love and love. Kournikova, the poster girl for jockette sex, shows how extreme the situation can get. Craig Kilborn, the beggar's Letterman, did a particularly stupid bit on the eve of the World Cup final, when he waved an American flag for the team as he showed...