Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...victims of anticommunist hysteria, an American Dreyfus. Yet the weight of historical evidence indicates that Hiss was what he steadfastly denied ever being: a member of the communist underground and a Soviet spy. What made his case so intriguing was that his profile seemed at odds with the stereotypical idea of a grubby turncoat. His patrician grace had somehow survived a family life streaked with tragedy. His father, a wholesale grocer, committed suicide when Alger was two; a sister, Mary, also killed herself. Yet Hiss's advancement in life seemed blessed. After graduating with honors from Johns Hopkins University, Hiss...
...downside: 24 g of sugar, on par with a can of soda. Introduced this summer, Smilk is being sold by 300 Wal-Mart superstores as well as in schools in several districts in Michigan. Says Gensamer: "This could be a billion-dollar business." (No doubt naysayers scoffed at the idea of diet peach iced tea too.) Similar products, such as Moo Kooler, from a dairy cooperative, are hitting supermarket shelves...
...industry's gold Rush days are fading fast. Two years ago, anybody with an idea and a PC could create and sell his product. But a glut of titles is taking its toll on smaller firms...
...Usenet forum dedicated to wretchedly sick humor. Mind you, I was never an active, rec.pets.cats-baiting member, just a lurker who enjoyed dropping by from time to time to see what the lads were up to. I soon tired of it, though. While I appreciate in theory the idea of people the world over communicating through their computers, it turns out that few of them have anything interesting to say. The good stuff is communicated in private...
Howard Rheingold, author, gardener and painter of his own shoes (moons, planets, stars, etc.), may be the wellhead of this social spirit. Certainly his site, Electric Minds www.minds.com) which opened last week, is the quintessence of online community. "The idea is that we will lead the transformation of the Web into a social Web," Rheingold says. Electric Minds is one-stop shopping for netniks who just like to commune--especially about the impact of technology on life. A "virtual community center" provides pointers to every online klatsch in cyberspace, from The Club for First Wives to alt.shoes.lesbians...