Word: boomerism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...high-stakes gamble; Disney animation has been a sure thing ever since Beauty and the Beast. At the same time, Spielberg was preparing to send forth The Flintstones (domestic gross: $135 million), and that was a pretty sure thing too. Lesser men than he had observed that the boomer market was about to turn into a nostalgia market; how could you go wrong with a movie based on the TV show that had addled their little pates 25 year earlier...
...cutting government fees paid to doctors and hospitals won't fly if it just results in passing on charges to--and inflating the bills of--other patients and insurance companies. Republicans will have to find creative ways to curb Medicare without delaying the retirement plans of the baby-boomer generation, whose first members turn 50 next year...
...whatever they wanted. Most took it for granted that they would put on weight -- nearly 5 lbs. on average. Fully 40% also said they expected to take it off in the New Year, but that may not be as easy as they think. As many a thickening boomer can attest, those pounds just get harder and harder to lose...
That vanity trick has paid off for auto manufacturers, who are finding that these sports-utility vehicles, which typically cost between $20,000 and $30,000 and can come loaded with leather upholstery, cup holders and cellular phones, have replaced luxury cars like the Lexus as the baby boomer's favorite way to tool around the neighborhood. Detroit is rushing out increasingly pricey models, and foreign luxury-car makers are jumping in too. Just last week Chrysler confirmed plans for a large upscale sports vehicle that may sell for as much as $40,000 when the first one arrives...
Sidestepping a bread-and-butter youth agenda, Third Millennium is focused on hot- button media issues. "the whole group is feeding off the boomer media and telling them exactly what they want to hear ," says Who Cares? magazine associate editor Heather McLeod '89, who refused an invitation to co-found the group. A clear message makes for a better soundbite. And with a carefully tailored agenda, Third Millennium went to where the spotlight...