Word: modern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wonder, which ought to be thought of as a special state of mind, is devalued vernacular currency today. Wonder Woman, the WonderBra, Wonder Bread and our casual use of the term "wonderful" all desensitize us to wonder's power. Wonder doesn't receive justice in our modern parlance...
...modern standards, the hostile summit of Mount Llullaillaco, in the Argentine Andes, is no place for kids. The ancient Inca saw things differently though, and so it was that one day, some 500 years ago, three children ascended the frigid and treacherous upper slopes of the 22,000-ft. peak. The three had spent time at the 17,000-ft. level, taking part in rituals that can only be guessed at. Now, accompanied by a retinue of adults, they moved steadily upward. They would not return. Once at the summit, the children--two girls and a boy, between eight...
Pros: --Appreciate each other's Mott the Hoople stories --Can swap copies of Modern Maturity --Can bond over failed projects (Simon: The Capeman; Dylan: Christianity...
...Kringle and Charles Luger, a Jewish Santa Claus and a Christian Jew, are Just of unusual characters in Nathan Englander's new collection of short stories. In each of the nine tales of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, Englander explores the tensions and the humor of a secular modern world inhabited by deeply traditional Orthodox Jews. These are stories of people trapped in unhappy marriages, the seemingly mundane fantasies of housewives, the strange behaviors of old and young men in crisis, and the fateful coincidences which save or end a life. Englander imbues his stories with a wry, intelligent...
...dreams, get into my car" '80s classics. However, someone should have gagged these artists before they wrote the daftly-worded "Mr. Fix It." As the band ends with their lasting call, "Legalize it... don't criticize it," they affirm their success at maintaining the energy and life of modern reggae. Sarah D. Redmond