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...witheringly described advertisers? target audience as ?the all-important 18-19 demographic.? To gauge from Super Bowl commercials (I fart in your general direction), Hollywood movies (stuff blowin? up, guys crackin? wise) and most newspaper and magazine coverage of the arts (INSERT HERE name of latest youthcult fad), you?d think American comprised nothing but teenage boys with billions to burn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Sunday Morning Going Strong | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

Upon hearing reports of a new fad in favor of grade inflation, Lecturer on the Study of Religion Brian C.W. Palmer ’86 will reverse course and start giving out all A’s in his classes. What...

Author: By The Editors, | Title: Predictions | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

This year, the electronic elves at Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore have recommended an interesting compilation of biographical, fad diet, inspirational, and self-improvement books, offering a perfect book for each loved one on my holiday gift-giving list...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 12/12/2003 | See Source »

...FRIENDS O.K., the whole yoga fad is beginning to get on your nerves: when did all your friends become so bendy? Still, if you can't talk them back onto the tennis courts and the ski slopes (what do they mean, "high-impact?"), then at least you can get them to stop embarrassing you by showing up everywhere with those icky purple rubber mats. Louis Vuitton's specially-treated Epi Soft leather yoga mat and bag, about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gifts That Stand Out in a Crowd | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...reason she's always so eager to watch Sex and the City? So that she can get a better look at Carrie's Manolos. Forget snow boots, this year buy her shoes she wouldn't buy herself. About $1,000 by Manolo Blahnik. For Friends O.K., the whole yoga fad is beginning to get on your nerves: when did all your friends become so bendy? Still, if you can't talk them back onto the tennis courts and the ski slopes (what do they mean, "high-impact?"), then at least you can get them to stop embarrassing you by showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gifts That Stand Out in a Crowd | 12/7/2003 | See Source »

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