Word: 90s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with roses (an image reinforced by Andrew Morton's book, whose very first revelation is that "this girl likes roses a lot"). The publicity encourages us to see her not as a home wrecker but a homemaker, someone who's smart but fun, "sensual" instead of sex-driven, a '90s woman who can write talking points by day and go home to make her boyfriend a sweater at night...
Until very recently, emulators had a more innocent image. They were--and to many gamers still are--a way to connect with a simpler computer era and play legendary games for long-dead consoles like the Commodore 64 or Atari 2600. Like so much of late-'90s culture, the emulator scene became cool by being retro. Nick Vigier, 19, a computer-science major at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., last summer found and downloaded a classic version of Frogger and an Atari emulator. Sounding like a member of a previous generation who collected Pez dispensers, he explains, "You can relive...
Sure they looked wholesome, but a few original Mouseketeers came to no good after leaving the club. Now stars of the show's '90s version are proving Mouseketeer alumni can be productive members of society...
REITs are investment companies that finance, own or operate commercial properties, including offices, malls, apartments and hotels. By law, they must pay out 95% of their rental and other income as dividends in exchange for certain tax advantages. REITs have flourished in the '90s as developers have sold shares into the bull market to raise capital instead of using banks and pension funds. Investors viewed these publicly traded stocks as a quick way in and out of the real estate game...
...Moliere classic and gets a big yawn. To be sure, her performance betrays inexperience: slouchy and tentative instead of brittle and biting. But the production around her is smashing. Director Barry Edelstein puts slick designer duds on Crimp's smart update of the play to the phony '90s show-biz world, and the terrific Roger Rees, as Alceste, could teach any young actress a thing or two. Uma...Roger...