Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...excuse for old people to act like little children, the sort who sulk and laugh at farty noises. I could imagine too that it would be an endearing sort of family tradition to go to The Christmas Revels every year, although I would leave that family at an early age...
...glad tidings for the three all-news cable outfits, which have less ad revenue to worry about losing anyway. Anyone who wants continuous coverage will be turning to them. Great stories often change news-viewing habits: "Nightline" was born amid the Iran hostage crisis, and CNN came of age with its coverage of Desert Storm. "Impeachment gives each of the cable networks the opportunity to establish the credibility of their reporting and analysis," says Tynan. "And so the great TV story of impeachment will be to see how each of those networks did." And how many of those viewers stick...
...percent; early 1998 figures suggest the trend continues. Experts can't agree on why, citing factors from better policing to a booming economy. But one of the most fascinating developments seems to be that crack is now your father's drug. Users are maturing, if not heading into middle age, and dealers are less aggressive in recruiting youths, who tend to be turned off by crack's devastation (and more interested in the trendier, mellower highs of drugs like heroin). And the business has become more, well, mature as turf wars have been decided and trade has shifted from street...
FELICITY Teen TV that's smart and earnest enough to hook viewers over the age...
...turns out, can be hazardous to your health. A new study shows that people who have difficulty reading or understanding health-related materials are more than twice as likely to end up in a hospital as those who don't. This has especially dire implications for many Americans over age 65, nearly half of whom are classified as functionally illiterate...