Word: millennium
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That doesn't mean we aren't winning, nonetheless. In the olden days of aristocracy (Levine wrote her Dana Reed Prize-winning essay in 1963) there may have been more New York peach types, or beatnik limes, but in the new millennium meritocracy, us chocolates are in the majority...
...hasn't been all good times though. Like Hillary, we had our early '90s health care crisis; the failed banning of final clubs by the now-defunct Radcliffe Union of Students. That didn't help our popularity much. And, sadly enough, in the new millennium we still haven't dealt with the issue to either of our satisfactions...
...Once again, Wolfe is America's own inspired and intrepid reporter. This volume takes its title from the first essay, entitled "Hooking Up: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the Second Millennium: An American's World." Here, Wolfe touches on the themes he will take on in the rest of the book, topics like the Internet, art, sex in America, "intellectuals" (what are those?), the culture of Silicon Valley, and the strange habits of deconstructionists. After all, what better material for entertainment than that which is actually happening and unfolding around you? So goes the mantra...
...study by the Third Millennium, a bipartisan think tank, confirms the lack of attention paid to young people by politicians. The study showed that of the almost 37,000 campaign ads aired between July 1 and Oct. 15, about 64 percent were seen by people over 50. Only about 14 percent were seen by 18- to 34-year-olds...
...Orgy is a strange breed, mixing alternative angst with a dramatically unique science fiction sound that harks back to the '80s, aux accents and all. This brand of self-labelled "death-pop" makes references to the "Message from Opticon/Blast from the fashion bomb" almost believable. This is the new millennium after all, right? But while Orgy's new album Vapor Transmission is nothing but innovative, the novelty soon wears after their deservedly well-made hit "Fiction (Dreams in Digital)," which brings the issue of permanent digital stasis to the forefront of music. Apparently, though, music lacks a certain amount...