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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...season for me to be worrying about what to get my little sister for Christmas, which is always a tricky business, because it has to be good. This year I've settled on some CDs I think she'll like. It's not the most original or unusual idea, but I'm actually very pleased with it, because Christmas, like all gift-giving occasions, is an opportunity for indoctrination. My sister is a young and impressionable 15, and I can't quite resist the temptation to make her into a little version of me--a project toward which...
Back then, a friend pointed out to me that there are few questions more loaded than the casual, "So, what kind of music do you like?" Similar questions ("What are your favorite movies?"), more basic ones ("Where are you from?") or even more personal ones ("Do you get along with your parents?") do not carry as many connotations, accurate or otherwise, as the most average answer to the question of musical taste. Consider the associations evoked by the following possible replies...
...doesn't bother me if they say 'go for it, you have two weeks, it's a free for all, do whatever you can get away with,'" said Stewart, who endorsed Darling for president this year...
This year's event featured the tagline "Don't get Scrooged, get organized...
...taking anything away from anybody," she says. "[The landlords] have made their money, now it's time for us to get something back...