Word: 90s
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...90s have seen a sharp rise in the number of gays and lesbians raising children, the so-called gay-by boom. Some had children before realizing they were homosexual. More recently, many would-be gay parents have chosen adoption, foster care or artificial insemination. While exact numbers are not available, it has been estimated that 6 million to 14 million children are living with at least one homosexual parent. Publishers have sought to meet the needs of this community with books like the often controversial Heather Has Two Mommies (Alyson...
CYBERSENIORS: '90S GRANDPARENTS...
...meteoric rise--from tending livestock during a period of disgrace in the 1970s to being the country's top economic czar in the '90s--mirrors China's stunning growth over the past two decades, his future looks as turbulent as the economy overall. Insiders say his position is secure for the time being, not least because nobody in his right mind would aspire to take over the economic portfolio now. But if the economy keeps worsening, Zhu's joke about building his own coffin could come back to haunt...
Gauging America's Attitude Toward Gay Life in the '90s...
That's the not-so-hidden agenda of Pleasantville, an epic-size, largely entertaining parable of repression and awakening from writer-director Gary Ross. The movie imagines that two teenagers, David (Tobey Maguire) and his randy sister Jennifer (Reese Witherspoon), are magically transported from the '90s into the small, sleepy town of David's favorite '50s sitcom. The "knows-best" father, George (William H. Macy), and his wife Betty (Joan Allen), all starched sweetness, are convinced that David is Bud, a.k.a. Sport, and that Jennifer, now outfitted in a poodle-skirt-and-sweater set, is Mary Sue--Muffin...