Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Crockett (1-1, 6.06 ERA) showed off a high-80s fastball with excellent location and good movement and also threw his curveball effectively for swinging strikes. He breezed through the game in just one hour and 45 minutes...
...capitalism is a con game fixed by criminals in high places. The government can't collect enough taxes to keep afloat, and has delayed economic reforms to preserve stability. Meanwhile, life is so miserable that life expectancy for men has dropped to 58 (from 65 years in the mid-'80s) and the country's population shrank by 400,000 last year. "Russia," says Paul Goble, a Radio Free Europe analyst, "has more in common with Somalia than Poland...
...drop of water into seven-course meals and think: "This future's already past. This film was set in 1980; it's 1999 already, and none of this has happened." It's a fate worse than simply being dated. Films set in the hippie '60s or the greedy '80s will always have a time and place; futuristic failures belong nowhere, residing in neither the future nor the past but in an era that never happened...
...notion that government deficits are good has an odd ring these days. For most of the past two decades, America's biggest worry has been inflation brought on by excessive demand. Inflation soared into double digits in the 1970s, budget deficits ballooned in the '80s, and now a Democratic President congratulates himself for a budget surplus that he wants to use to pay down the debt. But some 60 years ago, when 1 out of 4 adults couldn't find work, the problem was lack of demand...
NIGHTLIFE: On the Island of Palm Beach there are three nightclubs. Only two are really worth discussing. Bradley's Tavern, once the grandest illegal casino in North America, is now a cheeseball bar that plays '80s hits at supersonic decibels. If you were a Kennedy, you would find your little brother drinking here. After last call at the country club, the true alcoholics of Palm Beach swagger to Club 251. They mingle with B-list stars and failed models turned trophy wives. Hint: pastel pants work best with yellow or orange cashmere cardigans. More traditional spring break nightlife...