Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Because we believe in the value of information, we have celebrated the explosion of sources that is the hallmark of the digital age. It is not only healthy for the public, it is also healthy for us. In a world of a thousand voices, people will gravitate to those they trust. That encourages us to stick to a formula that is clear yet demanding: good reporting, good writing, authoritative and fair analysis. In addition, a continually refreshed diversity of sources helps counterbalance the trend (of which TIME and its parent, Time Warner, are a part) toward media conglomeration. We wouldn...
...classic example came the week that World War II ended. TIME's cover stories, led by the writing of the great James Agee (excerpted earlier in this issue), focused on the dropping of the atom bomb. Later in that issue, in a new section called Atomic Age, TIME wrestled with the historic and moral implications of what passed for progress: Pain and a price attended progress. The last great convulsion brought steam and electricity, and with them an age of confusion and mounting war. A dim folk memory had preserved the story of a greater advance: "the winged hound...
...vestibule of this new millennium continues to have intruders that TIME tries to wrestle into moral and historical context. The digital age, for example, has brought not only the excitement of more democratic forms of media but also the specter of invasions of our privacy and the spread of false information and poisonous ideas to every nook of a networked world. The impending biotech age promises not only the ability to engineer an end to diseases but also the weird prospects of cloning our bodies and tinkering with the genes of our children...
...celebrity,' because such things mean nothing in the face of death." I read the piece, shuddered, then ran my eyes back over it, hoping to find a mention of cancer or some other dread affliction. No such luck. Fuentes was apparently referring to his age. I am 57 and feel happy and horny. Don't do this to me, Carlos. ORSON BEAN Venice, Calif...
...evidence of increasing racism "a record 72,000 complaints of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year." That figure is for 1985; the 1986 total is 68,822. These numbers reflect discrimination in all EEOC enforcement areas, based not only on race but also on religion, age, national origin and sex. Age discrimination is the fastest-growing area of complaint. CLARENCE THOMAS, Chairman Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Washington...