Word: generationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HOW many times have we heard it before? The alleged slogan of the "younger generation" is "MAKE BUCKS, NOT LOVE." The younger generation is marked by materialism, "somberness," and "deglandularization." We have no passion. We have no idealism. We have no politics. Last week, Michael Blumenthal joined the ever-growing...
It's no surprise that nostalgia will cause a baby boomer to fall in line with the dominant stereotype of the youth of today and decry the greedy, "antiseptic" state of the students he teaches. This shallowness is pretty standard in anything written lately about the "younger generation." It is...
I'LL start with Shakespeare: "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" is one of the more romantic lines of the more romantic sonnets of Shakespeare. Blumenthal uses the line as a possible theme for the '80s generation, one that refuses to idealize love and lovers. The poem goes...
Mostly, however, TV horror is flourishing in a batch of popular syndicated programs, usually tucked away on independent stations. Eight such series are on the market. Three of them -- Star Trek: The Next Generation, Friday the 13th: The Series and War of the Worlds -- were among the five top-rated...
The alarms raised by consumer groups may prove to be a mixed blessing. Some experts complain that a generation that faces fewer real health threats than did their grandparents has become hypersensitive to relatively minor perils. Biochemist Bruce Ames of the University of California, Berkeley, points out that naturally occurring...