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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is a difference, the true seditionist would argue, between a revolution and a gesture of macho defiance. Gestures are cheap. They feel good, they blow off some rage. But revolutions, violent or otherwise, are made by people who have learned how to count very slowly...
...went to bed that night in completed shock. I felt mentally assaulted by my own popular culture. How sad that the networks can count on us to be in our living rooms at night, ready to flip through channels of TV programming that will leave us feeling like we need to take a shower. We, need to take a shower. We, the jelly-brained viewers, aren't the only victims, either. Think of the Jennys, Susies, and Lisas. Think of the King...
...Melyantsevs might count themselves lucky compared to the Zharikov family, with nine children ages two to 18, two dogs and a cat to feed. Strapped for cash, the family has had to accept meals and clothing from the Salvation Army. Nina Zharikov is the only wage earner, bringing home 2,000 rubles a month as a subway cleaner. The family also gets an equal sum in government child support. But "every kopeck goes for food, and there's never enough," says the 37-year-old mother. "Even though I earned less before, we could still afford to live." The Ministry...
...skills, needs and timing. Two years earlier the nation had celebrated the first Earth Day and Congress had passed the Clean Air Act. Another year would bring the Arab oil embargo, long lines at gas stations and an unnerving sense that the industrial Western world could no longer count on endless supplies of cheap oil. Meanwhile, under American soil lay a quarter of the world's coal supply -- easily enough to power the nation into the 22nd century. If Smith and Keller -- two smart, practical fellows who cared about the environment -- could develop a process to burn coal cleaner...
...determined look, his hands holding an imaginary gun and machine-gun fire coming from his lips. And "Abe!," who would typically say his name, clutch his heart and drop to the ground as if felled by an arrow. At least he got up by the end of the four-count...