Word: cappuccinos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...nothing seems to symbolize India's transformation from a stagnant third-world country into an emerging economic super-power as much as its sparkling new malls. American brand names like Levi's and McDonald's clutter the air-conditioned interiors, teenagers in low-cut jeans hang out in groups, cappuccino is sold at kiosks, and everyone appears to be having a great time. Eager to cash in, India's real estate developers are in a frenzy: up to 600 malls are likely to be up and running in India by the end of 2009?up from 20 malls this year...
...dancing or probing the ends of the earth to stake out land for my Irish countrymen, I have sought stability in subtle reminders of normalcy and my routine at home. The people at the local coffee shop already know me, and they are ready to prepare my double-shot cappuccino when I stumble in, grouchy and disappointed by the extent of my addiction, every morning...
Back in 1994--that Reality Bites, Kurt Cobain year--the show wanted to explain people in their 20s to themselves: the aimlessness, the cappuccino drinking, the feeling that you were, you know, "always stuck in second gear." It soon wisely toned down its voice-of-a-generation aspirations and became a comedy about pals and lovers who suffered comic misunderstandings and got pet monkeys...
...don’t let Arkani-Hamed’s modesty, youth or the trendy cappuccino machine in his office fool you. Eight of Arkani-Hamed’s major papers have been cited (by one count) 980 times. And according to Can Kilic, a graduate student working with Arkani-Hamed, the physicist has created new fields simply by doing his own research. The recently appointed Harvard professor is such a genius that even capable graduate students quiver in his presence. “It sometimes takes a week or two to understand [something he said]. You don?...
Maybe the recent uptick on Wall Street has motivated designers of fashion and home furnishings to go for all-out glitz again. Whatever the reason, gold is cropping up on everything from Gucci snakeskin stilettos to 18karat cappuccino machines. Trend spotter Jane Buckingham, president of Youth Intelligence, says, "Coming out of pessimistic times and recession, people are ready for a bit of luxury again, and nothing says luxury like gold...