Word: lures
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sales figures. Bring together a group of professional men, and the disdain--the unmitigated contempt--for the minivan is palpable. But the minivan is so obviously inoffensive, and so clearly practical, that the contempt must be rooted in something deeper than mere taste. Part of it is the timeless lure of male fantasy. There were days when I myself refused to leave the house without my chaps, my six-gun and my ten-gallon hat. Or rather, my two-gallon hat. I was six years old. I thought I was Marshal Dillon. Nowadays a successful yuppie won't leave...
Unfortunately, the balance I am yearning for is frustratingly elusive. Freedom of the press is a central tenet of any viable-democracy. A legal limitation on that freedom would be devastating. But the laxity of standards and the lure of cash have put the journalistic profession in a precarious position--one that cannot continue if newspapers hope to maintain their role as perpetuators of civilization as Tocqueville imagined. Perhaps, then, I can add my voice to the clarion call for a reevaluation of the mission of journalism and the potential dignity of the profession...
...more often the songs are, at their worst, over-written love songs and, at their finest, amusing and witty pieces about the familiar pining and lure of a lonesome guy. In Masher, from his new album, Darnielle sings of language deficiency and woodland creatures: "Most of the things I used to hold on to / most of the thins I used to say to you / most of the ways I knew around the local roads / are disappearing daily." In Cubs in Five, a sarcastically hopeful song, John vows not to fall in love again until a convergence of unlikely events...
Studios would be wise to lure more foreign directors like Woo, who knows how to transform summer's dumb-and-dumber product into a gnarly, white-knuckle action film for all seasons...
With Gen X, comfort is key. When Mohajer's boyfriend transferred from Boston University, where they were both students, to the University of Southern California, she followed. The real lure? "The California weather." (Now he works for her, when he's not playing in his underground techno band.) Running a 25-employee company has not cramped Mohajer's slacker style. "I function like an average human being of my age. I go to clubs, movies and watch MTV," she says. "It's so fun! I'm a TV junkie. I need to go to Melrose Anonymous! Eating Cap'n Crunch...