Word: guess
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gonna miss it," Joanne said, in between puffs of a cigarette. "But I guess I'm gonna save my money now--get some sneakers...
Weaken family ties? But aren't they the glory of our daily existence, one of life's great spiritual rewards? Guess again. In Bowen's view, the emotions that govern family life are often tools of self-interest. Sometimes this is obvious--for example, in an outburst of anger or a fit of jealousy. But even such "good" emotions as affection can be instruments of control wielded out of insecurity. (Ever notice how your social failures outside the home can make your mate suddenly more endearing?) And the moral indignation hurled at a spouse--over his or her coldness, rudeness...
...already changed American style. The Pottery Barn's catalogs are virtual mash notes to Martha's aesthetic. This has not gone unnoticed. "Pottery Barn--total copy!" she exclaims. "They all copy. You can accept it as flattery or have your own catalog." Guess what? A catalog of Martha-inspired items, Martha by Mail, will land in mailboxes next month. She also hopes to put out a line of staples like sugar and flour. "I want people to cook," she says, pounding the air. "I'll make the piecrust, but I want people to fill their own pies...
...guess what? The kid can write. Like Jackson Pollock with a paint tube, Stone squeezes the pus and purple out of his gaudy youth. The book is like a huge scenario from some gifted, twisted lad--Oliver Stone, age 20--that the older Stone chopped down and published. But the two are eerie twins. They share the need to go too far, to push the vocabulary of words and pictures. The young Stone even envisions himself in the '90s, a zillionaire aswirl in controversy. "Of course many rumors abounded about me, mostly sinister...
SCREEN SAVER: In Communicator, "pages" take a back seat to multimedia that's more like a CD-ROM or, guess what...