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...These findings are disturbing in light of the recent cigar craze, which has seen sales pass 5 billion per annum in the U.S. in recent years. Cigars first came back into vogue as a luxury - that swinging image of sucking on a Havana at a ritzy martini bar. Also alarming, say the researchers, is the increasing use of smaller cigars, sometimes known as cigarillos. The lower pH levels in these cigars, say the report's authors, make users more likely to inhale them, thus increasing the chance of lung cancer...
Though they stopped playing videos ten years ago and run more commercials than any other station on TV, you can't blame MTV for not taking risks. After all, they basically started the boy band craze on their own--and now, well, they may just end it on their own. Next month, MTV releases the TV documentary "2gether," a boy band spoof that tracks an inept music manager's attempt to find the next bubblegum sensation after losing his job. His creation, 2gether, brings together the five crucial ingredients for "Larger Than Life" success: "the heartthrob," "the rebel," "the cutie...
...unknown innovation has not been dulled even in this modern, "progressive" society of the late 20th century. Though we know Vice President Al Gore '69 always believed in the power of the Internet--after all, he created it--many others felt the web was nothing but a passing craze, a folly of sorts. When asked by the New York Times in 1988 if he thought Prodigy could entice customers to stay online, the president of one consulting firm scoffed at the notion. "'This isn't 'Dallas,' 'Dynasty' or Dan Rather,'' he said...
...have to admit that when the dot-com craze began, I too fit the mold: skeptical, skeptical, skeptical. Navigating Netscape is one thing, but programming techniques like C++ and Java make my skin crawl, much to the amusement of friends TF'ing CS50 who speak and think the language of code in the bowels of the Science Center. Steve Martin, in Father of the Bride, had my original attitude pegged exactly when he described his future son-in-law's job as an independent computer consultant: He said it was "code for 'unemployed.'" It just didn't seem possible that...
Outgoing Editorial Chair Noah D. Oppenheim '00 has also reportedly been caught up in the cage-dancing craze. Unconfirmed sources say that he has offered his cage dancing services to the Lampoon...