Word: hybrids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years, French intellectuals have criticized the Americanizing of French into an impure and odious hybrid, which has been dubbed "Franglais...
...possibilities here," said Blakey. "This hybrid combines verbal and musical expression...
...Right. Simpson, the US 3 producer, says jazz-rap should no longer be called a hybrid. It's become its own branch of music...
When instant gratification becomes a supreme virtue, pop culture follows. Siegfried and Roy, the ur-Vegas magicians (imagine, if you dare, a hybrid of Liberace, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Copperfield and Marlin Perkins) who perform 480 shows a year in their own theater at the Mirage, don't seem satisfied unless every trick is a show-stopper and every moment has the feel of a finale. In front of the new Treasure Island is a Caribbean-cum- Mediterranean faux village fronting a 65-ft.-deep "lagoon" in which a full-scale British man-of-war and pirate vessel every 90 minutes...
...achiever, the 22-year-old UCLA senior radiates confidence. "I'm 100% American and 100% Asian," she declares. "A lot of Asian Americans feel forced to choose between the two, which is a message they get from their parents. But I've worked hard to create a cultural hybrid for myself...