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...changed even boys' toys. Feminists have long derided Barbie for her tiny waist and big bosom. The authors of The Adonis Complex see a similar problem for boys in the growth of G.I. Joe. The grunt of 1982 looks scrawny compared with G.I. Joe Extreme, introduced in the mid-'90s. The latter would have a 55-in. chest and 27-in. biceps if he were real, which simply can't be replicated in nature. Pope also points out a stunning little feature of the three-year-old video game Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown, developed by GT Interactive Software. When Duke...
...answers, depending on one's viewpoint. Some believe that such high numbers reflect unduly harsh sentencing and irresponsible public policy that does very little to address the underlying causes of crime. Others point to the aforementioned crime statistics as proof that the get-tough policies of the '80s and '90s are working as intended. Whatever the positions taken, however, there is definite potential, if the numbers keep on climbing, for public backlash. Urban politicians are likely to point to the large numbers of minorities behind bars, a sign of increasing marginalization in their communities. Then there is the fact that...
What Blair needs to do is to get with his own program. A self-cast sensitive '90s man, Blair is known as the electric guitar player who reinvented Labour from a staid party of yesteryear to a modern force to be reckoned with. It was his own government that just passed a law which allows fathers up to 13 weeks of unpaid paternity leave during the first five years of each of their children's lives. With Booth already earning an estimated three times her husband's salary, Blair's missed paycheck should little affect the family's pocketbook...
...Machiavellian 16. Heights that Syria would like to recover 19. It may have an EIK 21. Novi __, Serbia 22. Alaska's first Governor 23. It's worth about a penny 24. He now wants to ban "soft money" 25. They want to resume talks with India over Kashmir 26. '90s fad item 28. Yale is tops in this, according to U.S. News and World Report 29. Hood's handgun 30. Farrakhan's Nation of __ 32. In debt 35. Auctioneer's word 36. Columnist Joseph or Stewart 37. Brandon __ (Hilary Swank Oscar-winning role) 39. Mrs. Dithers 40. What Juan needed...
...History is a firehose. I expect that any day now, we will enter a period of '90s nostalgia. We will recall Bill Gates and the high old times of the NASDAQ as if they were yesterday...