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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offers, the climate of the early '90s left its mark on the generation. Sixty-one percent of Xers told Dream study pollsters, "Worrying about the future is a major source of stress"--far more so than for their parents or grandparents. More than three-quarters of Xers say, "No matter what I plan for the future, when I finally get there, it's always something different." Some opt out of the rat race. "What seems like apathetic hedonism actually represents a fairly informed bet," American Demographics columnist Marc Spiegler wrote recently. "Why put up with the cubicled world's woes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...trying to start businesses at three times the rate of 35-to-55-year-olds. "Having your own business means not worrying about what some head guy in Dallas thinks," says Sky Eacrett, a Redlands, Calif., tile-store manager who dreams of striking out on his own. "No matter how much money you make for them, you are still just an x. And you can be x-ed off. With my own business, I could come in at 7 a.m. and leave at noon to play golf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...wasn't such a growth sector, spawning lawsuits, dishonorable discharges, job losses, book contracts and political meltdowns. It's one thing to be amused by whether Marv Albert had to remove his hairpiece when being booked on charges he bit a woman in his hotel room and quite another matter to make sexual allegations grounds for court-martialing B-52 pilots, winnowing potential political candidates and crippling a President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE... | 6/9/1997 | See Source »

...fact, most of the Faculty and students agree that the differentiation in honors levels does not matter much outside of academia...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Worries About Summa Integrity Drive Downsizing Reform | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...world at large, that doesn't matter," Buell says. "The Harvard degree matters. [And] the Harvard name still means what it once...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Worries About Summa Integrity Drive Downsizing Reform | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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