Word: 80s
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Turkish, was born. It took some foresight to predict that jeans would take off in this mainly Muslim, albeit secular, country. Like Coke and rock 'n' roll, jeans arrived with American G.I.s in the '50s. They became a leftist uniform in the '70s, but it wasn't until the '80s with the advent of liberal leader - and fan of all things American - Turgut Ozal that they gained mass acceptance. A largely youthful population - some 55% of Turks are under the age of 25 - fueled the rise of Mavi, and by 1996 it had overtaken Levi's as the country...
Having donned striped vests and bowler hats, they emerged for an energetically choreographed ragtime medley, complete with tap dancing and the classic 80s dance move, “The Robot...
...80s "Dance all night, play all day. Don't let nothin' get in the way." --The Cars...
...Steven Bochco and The X-Files' Chris Carter into auteurs. But business-wise, story arcs are a problem. Much of the money in TV is made from repeats and syndication, and viewers don't like to follow serial stories in reruns. "One of the best cop shows of the '80s was [the serial drama] Wiseguy," says Wolf. "But now it's worthless. Worthless. And with all due respect, because it's very well done, I don't know what 24 is going to be worth in syndication. Are people going to sit home every day for five weeks...
...many people are buying them, how come nobody wants to admit it? In part because until a few years ago, romance novels deserved their bad reputation. "People who don't read romance novels still have the perception that they are what they were in the 1970s or '80s," Quinn says. "The heroines were doormats, with all these alpha males bossing them around. I can't imagine a romance novel published today where the hero rapes the heroine and she falls in love with...