Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Common questions or phrases are stored in a computer database, and when a user asks a question that matches any of the descriptions, the appropriate information is called...
Sound like one of those hippie communes that disappeared along with bellbottoms and VW Bugs? It is. Like so many icons of the '60s, they're back now and being marketed successfully to the mainstream. A few still feature free love and organic farming, but what's more common is a form of collective housing built by and for property-owning, car-driving, middle-class former suburbanites...
...Southside Park Cohousing, D'Marie now shares three meals a week in a central dining hall with 65 other residents of all ages. Her apartment, like the others, looks out over a common lawn, gardens and playground. Here, there's always someone to talk to. When she needs help moving a couch or changing the battery in a smoke detector, neighbors are ready to assist. In return, she hems their clothes or makes applesauce for them from the community orchard. "I'm very comfortable here," she says...
Five years later, they got their dream, the 25-unit Southside Park Cohousing. Front porches on the neo-Victorians look out on the surrounding community. Inside, kitchen windows and plate-glass back doors face one another over the common green space, as if two dozen families had one huge backyard. In the central building, residents share a dining room, playroom, mailboxes, laundry room, TV, exercise equipment and a lounge with a fireplace. They take turns cooking the three common meals served each week. Afterward, they relish the opportunity to share cars, swap furniture and get together without planning...
Bradley's condition is common--President Bush dealt with it while in office--and in itself does not spell the end of his quest for the White House. But if last week is an indication, Bradley's campaign isn't as healthy...