Word: minis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some criminologists are also warning that a new wave of "superpredators" will soon hit the streets. In fatherless households and fractured neighborhoods, millions of four- to seven-year-olds, the baby boomers' own mini-boom, are headed for their teens. So Congress wants to make it easier to try juveniles accused of violent crimes as adults--and to incarcerate them in adult prisons. Under both the Senate bill and the House bill, states that want the federal dollars would have to make prosecutors and not judges the ones who decide whether a teenager charged with a serious violent felony...
...lone reminder of the often tormented dividing line farther south. Slightly to the north, Interstate-5 turns from the coast inland, giving the driver a view of Disneyland's tallest attractions rather than the ocean's buoys. Along the way lie the ubiquitous fast-food restaurants, rest stops and mini-malls: reminders of a location in consumer America, more specifically southern California. The roads are well-paved and well-labeled, with frequent mileage signs dotting their shoulders...
...Toshiba displayed a smaller, faster computer that, geeks were wagging, is actually better. With all the capabilities of a full-fledged laptop, the teensy (roughly the size of a paperback book) beige Libretto is a fully functional Windows 95 computer fueled by 75 MHz of Intel Pentium power. This mini-notebook also features one of Toshiba's finest-quality color screens (albeit a tiny 5 in. wide) with a pointing device built into its panel. The only downside is a microkeyboard that requires Horowitz-like dexterity. Despite the Libretto's $1,999 price tag (vs. $500 to $700 for Windows...
...quietly putting her own life back together. A single mother, she's raising her son Jake, 10, and daughter Roisin, 1, and taking college courses about her native Ireland. The new, more introspective O'Connor, 30, is now touring the U.S. to promote Gospel Oak, her graceful six-song mini-album. She spoke with TIME's Christopher John Farley on the phone from London before the tour began...
TIME: Why a mini-album...