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...just awful to be a young adult in America today. Movies venerate our elders; ads fetishize the mature body. And there's nary a million to be found in the new economy for, say, twentysomething computer whizzes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Man of 25 Claim Age Bias? | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...their delves into American heritage, these people really appreciate D.C. as the gorgeous marble city that it is. They appear almost childlike to me. At times I even get the impression that they think wearing a fanny pack and brown knee socks is perfectly normal behavior for a rational adult. That is exactly what makes them so appealing. And so I watch...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, | Title: A Native's Guide to Tourist-Watching | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...when I return home to Connecticut next week, it will be with one more of those real world adult skills, un-learnable at Harvard or any college, checked off the master list...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: The First Time is Always Special | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...when I return home to Connecticut next week, it will be with one more of those real world adult skills, un-learnable at Harvard or any college, checked off the master list...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, | Title: The First Time is Special | 8/6/1999 | See Source »

...Increase in time per day the average adult spent online since last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Aug. 2, 1999 | 8/2/1999 | See Source »

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