Word: gourmet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same elite institutions that produced the lawyers, doctors and corporate executives who live here in large part because of the excellent school system. New Trier offers its students--85% white, 12% Asian, 2% Hispanic and 1% African American--everything from international relations and classical Greek to operatic choir and gourmet food. At New Trier, there's nothing called gym class or phys ed; it's kinetic wellness...
...recent decades Washington's manufacturing industry has been overtaken by high-tech companies like Nintendo and Microsoft, plus a thriving import-export sector. The Seattle area also gave birth to two major '90s trends: gourmet coffee shops, like Starbucks, and grunge music, via bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana. The shifting economy and an influx of newcomers has led to political instability: in 1994 Washington's House delegation shifted more than any other state's, with six of nine seats moving from Democrat to Republican. This year, an electorate that's leaning leftward could bring some of those seats back...
Frank R. Cardullo, who owns the gourmet food store in the Square which bears his name, said the Wursthaus would not reopen in the immediate future...
Walk along Newbury Street and watch the beautiful people cruise past dress shops and gourmet restaurants in their BMW convertibles. And remember to check out the funky dresses and shirts at Betsey Johnson...
...Cambridge, you will not find the 1990s equivalent of Hokey-Pokey--the cheap ice cream sold by street vendors until the 1920's at a penny a lump. The trend among Harvard Square vendors is to offer more expensive, home-made, gourmet ice creams...