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This money-isn't-everything vogue probably originated as a backlash against the long boom years of the '90s. (Conveniently, Americans, real and fictional, tend to start rethinking the fast track just when the economy stops paying off like a rigged slot machine. The early-'90s recession saw downsized professionals pursuing the simple life and a New York City doctor finding quirky meaning in Alaska on Northern Exposure.) But this backlash isn't about just money. It's about a general cultural exhaustion, about moving from post-Vietnam mistrust of institutions (The X-Files) to respect for them (The West...
CHEAP $150 SONY CFD-S40CP BOOMBOX Home audio may be exploring new dimensions with six-speaker DVD surround sound, but there's still no substitute for a good, solid boom box. Sony's latest can even play MP3s on CD, and it hasn't forgotten the value of a good old-fashioned tape deck. www.sonystyle.com...
...just kind of like, ‘Boom,’” Blewett says of his attitude adjustment. “This is what I need to do. I don’t need to worry about my form, because I know I can make the field goal—I’ve made it a thousand times. And all it comes down to is how I’m feeling about myself, how I’m feeling about where I want to kick it, and that’s where it’s going...
...just kind of like, ‘Boom,’” Blewett says of his attitude adjustment. “This is what I need to do. I don’t need to worry about my form, because I know I can make the field goal—I’ve made it a thousand times. And all it comes down to is how I’m feeling about myself, how I’m feeling about where I want to kick it, and that’s where it’s going...
...boom times, many students tend to choose alternatives more immediately lucrative than entering the medical field, Dienstag said...