Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dodged these bullets, but the danger to its economy is far from over. The tremendous appetite of American consumers for imports--an appetite whetted by stock-market wealth--has provided some support for Asia and Latin America. Yet the tiniest perturbation could send the whole economy tumbling, and there are perturbations all over the place. Brazil is just hanging on, which means so is the rest of Latin America. Europe, which suffers from high unemployment, is slowing. And Asia's comeback is predicated on Japan's getting its troubled economy into gear...
...between men's and women's magazines (but that's another discussion). Esquire has just come off a recent run of inexplicable covers that included cadaverish portraits of Fred Rogers and Bill Murray; on its February issue it has Pamela Anderson bending so far forward that she's in danger of assaulting the cameraman. The magazine tries to justify this pose with a three-part package billed as BREASTS! THE TRIUMPH OF CLEAVAGE CULTURE. Understand, then, that Anderson's breasts are being used not to goose magazine sales but to provide ironic commentary on...what? Anderson's breasts? This...
...Princeton, the Nude Olympics is in danger of being phased out, as several students had to be taken to the hospital after what seems to be a hardcore version of Primal Scream. Junior Christopher R. Freeland explains further: "Basically everyone just ran in a big circle around the perimeter of the inside of this courtyard for about 45 minutes. I thought it would be weird, but it was actually kind of exhilarating. It was an adrenaline rush for a few minutes, but it got old pretty fast. Also, there was a ton of wide open sex, which is pretty cool...
...study done outside of the Harvard community warns of the danger of the monster class. Wayne C. Booth, professor emeritus of English and rhetoric at the University of Chicago, who was on the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching study commission that examined Harvard last year, claims immense classes are often the source of much of the failings of any research institution. "I am passionately opposed to large classes," he says. "The real learning occurs with one-on-one education." The commission put out a report detailing the problems with undergraduate education at the nation's 125 research institutions...
...decided Jan. 20 to restrict access to all nonmembers in light of the danger of liability issues and accidents...