Word: fad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this `country line dancing'--the fad that'ssweeping the nation?" Slaughter asked about aone-hour dancing lesson...
Counting on the Balanced Budget Amendment to truly reign in a Congress addicted to deficit spending is like expecting a fad diet book to control someone who eats uncontrollably. No amount of calorie-counting tips and clevergastronomic calculations will help--they ignore the cravings that underlie the problem. The budget, like a diet, is a question of will power. It will be tamed only when the American people muster the will power to deal with the sacrifices their goal demands...
Then there was Captain Lou. Not only could the man coach (undoubtedly the Red Aurebach of wrestling), but he was a fashion trendsetter. Sure the fad has passed, but I remember countless individuals with rubber bands on their beards. I think I'll name my first-born after...
...Broadway sensation. Critical and popular response to All in the Timing, an evening of six Ives caprices, has cued a stampede to New York City's tiny Primary Stages, from whence they will soon move to roomier quarters. But Ives is more than a Manhattan fad. He is a mordant comic who has put the play back in playwright...
...latest fad in gun control is cop-condoned swaps of deadly weapons for more innocuous items. Here's what guns have been exchanged for in certain cities...