Word: egos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even in Cuba, the ideology of communism is virtually dead. The ego-destroying experience of the special period has robbed the country of its material well-being and shattered national confidence. If daily life for most of Cuba's 11 million citizens is less miserable than it was during the darkest days of 1993, it is still a grinding round of poverty, hunger and dead-end jobs. Even the cradle-to-grave health, education and welfare systems, once proudly held up as the "achievements of the revolution," are badly compromised. Prostitution, that humiliating hallmark of the Batista years, is back...
...Combine that with the fact that the dominant form of religion on the island is Catholicism?s Afro-Cuban alter ego, Santeria, with which the Cuban church hierarchy has an uncomfortable relationship, and the Pope has his pastoral work...
...full of neat and colorful charts--SEINFELD MORE DOMINANT THAN EVER--demonstrating that, unlike most shows that reach a ninth season, Seinfeld's audience was still growing, at least in the only demographic category that matters, adults ages 18 to 49. In a particularly sneaky appeal to Seinfeld's ego, the presentation included a graph showing his show's gains over the past five seasons, in contrast to the losses for fellow stand-up Tim Allen's Home Improvement...
Home PCs began to break the $1,000 barrier in large numbers. The ego of Gary Kasparov (and the self-confidence of humanity) plummeted at the hands of IBM's chess monster Big Blue...
Call it Clearasil Realism. "His characters are incredibly honest," says 20-year-old James Van Der Beek, who plays Williamson alter ego Dawson in the new TV show. "They say things teenagers are thinking but don't necessarily say, especially about sexuality." Dawson is a high school sophomore, aspiring filmmaker and overall sweetheart. He's the rosy lens through which we observe Williamson's latest assemblage of troubled, fumbling teens, notably the two competitors for Dawson's heart: Jen (Michelle Williams), the new girl in town whose dark past will emerge in time for the February sweeps, and his childhood...