Word: calvins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love Calvin because we too were once six years old. We too have spent entire afternoons as superheroes, pirates or adventurers. We know how to play "Calvin-ball," the game where the only rule is that there are no rules. We know that when you're six, exploration is that much more thrilling and imagination is that much more powerful...
Many of us grew up reading the popular comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes." To regular readers, Calvin represents more than just a simple source of humor; he holds a special place in our hearts. Through the power of a child's imagination, we are whisked away to a wonderful realm of talking tigers, fantastic space sagas and breathtaking sled rides...
Bill Watterson's final Calvin and Hobbes strip ran Sunday, Dec. 31, 1995. It shows Calvin and Hobbes standing atop a hill, surveying the freshly fallen snow that lies below. Climbing into his sled, Calvin turns and says, "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy...Let's go exploring...
...CALVIN COOLIDGE...
...fears: Who will be the Gorbachev of 2085? Will we have another Hitler? Who will rescue us from him? It's a historical tautology that leaders are generated by their times and that great issues produce great men. (One historian, in TIME's ranking of U.S. Presidents, observes that Calvin Coolidge was "unlucky" enough to live in boring times.) And while we can't predict the leaders of the next decade, let alone the century, we can at least glimpse the likely shape of their...