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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sophistication irony presumes to an otherwise worthless pop culture artifact. This act, this connoisseuring of camp, is not a rejection of more serious things but the elevation of a paltry thing to a thing of significance in a world that often seems short of them. The poster, the fear-masking jeers of the "Love Story" audience, the gas station name patches on Park Avenue kids, all these and a thousand other acts of irony are not a craven turning away from the graveness of life, but a poignant attempt to raise something up out of the ruins of broken ideals...

Author: By Aaron K. Roth, | Title: The Importance of Irony | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...York Times/CBS poll, released Wednesday, which shows that the vast majority of American teenagers feel somewhat safe, safe or extremely safe in their schools. In 1994, 40 percent of teenagers worried they would be a victim of violence in school or on the street. Today, only 24 percent fear for their safety. (The results are virtually identical for students at rural, suburban and urban campuses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Must Have Been Too Busy With Homework | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...proactive approach to avoid the senseless tragedy we all read about, and hear about and fear for is necessary because there isn't awareness," Tarr said...

Author: By Benjamin D. Grizzle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Council Votes Support For 'Jeffrey Curley' Bill | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

...these issues are not set into motion once again I fear for the future of the republic," he said. "I want a young girl someplace to say, after watching the film, 'Wow, I can do that...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ken Burns Screens New Suffrage Film | 10/19/1999 | See Source »

WORRY-FREE WEB browsing Have you ever hesitated to fill out an online form for fear you would be deluged with junk e-mail for life? Now enonymous.com offers free downloadable software that ranks the privacy policies of 10,000 websites. As soon as you reach an online form on any of the sites, a window pops up with a rating. One star means the site will disclose your personal information without your explicit permission, while four stars mean your privacy is fully protected. One-star sites include ticketmaster.com and gap.com while qvc.com and bestbuy.com earn top honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Oct. 18, 1999 | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

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