Word: millennium
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Chewie never seems lonely, it's difficult to believe the great brown fuzzy animal could be anything but depressed. Sure, he can take orders from Han Solo and Han seems to understand his growls. But anyone who can repair the Millennium Falcon surely has more on his mind (her mind?) than periodic shrieks of approval and disdain...
...train down to Washington for the inauguration and enjoying both the hospitality of my cousins and "An American Journey," the weekend festival on the Mall. The exhibit boasted a number of entertainers and scholars, but as I read down the list, one caught my eye: appearing in the Millennium Schoolhouse tent would be a variety of childhood favorites, "From 'Sesame Street' to Elmo." Yes, the furry red symbol of this past holiday season had, in the mind of the festival's copy writers, come beyond his "Sesame Street" roots to the point where he was something to contrast with...
Despite the fact that I wish his prominence could be dismissed as an excellent product prediction, I think Elmo has really become a role model for the millennium. He is properly a symbol of wonder for the end of the 20th century, a figure of endless wonder at a world that unfolds before him. Perhaps Elmo, always energetic about exploring the unknown, is the proper role model for us as we face the complex problems like social security and Medicare that face our country and the complicated advances like the Internet that hint at the future. Perhaps Elmo...
...approach the end of the century and the turning of the millennium, we should not delude ourselves that the big questions have been answered and we are free to run and play. Elmo is an important and adorable figure in our preschools and on television, but he shouldn't overstep his proper place, on "Sesame Street." We can't let Elmo become a national hero, of easy answers and wonder in a time when we need strong leaders who can make tough choices. Elmo just isn't made of the right stuff...
...longer mask the grim realities of poverty," he said. "It's my job to reveal for our citizens the face of poverty as it exists at the dawn of a new millennium...