Word: newsweek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the 1980s have been such a banal era that cliches are the only appropriate way to comment on it. At least that would explain the odd decision to include an excerpt from the Newsweek article christening yuppies in the program. Just in case it wasn't already in the zeitgeist of everyone in the theater, the article assured the existence of a common culturally stereotyped language. Yet it doesn't seem that even Reddin actually believes that yuppies are without any individual quirks or desires. The actors, who are stiff and who often seem to be unsure of themselves...
Significantly, the main factor contributing to the rise of Nixon has been the Reagan Presidency. Newsweek, which two years ago noted that attitudes towards Nixon were changing, quoted a senior aide to President Reagan as saying, "As far as the White House is concerned, [Nixon's] rehabilitation is complete--there's tremendous respect for him around here." Reagan is known to consult often with Nixon about certain policies, such as the bombing of Libya, and even called for advice on how to handle the Iran-Contra scandal...
...former civil rights leader campaigned hardhere, following his surprising Michigan caucusvictory late last month. He appeared on the coversof Time and Newsweek and drew large andenthusiastic crowds in a state where whites makeup more than 95 percent of the electorate...
...around you, students are cracking open their unread books, discussing their academic and career-oriented plans with their parents and catching up on all their unread issues of Time and Newsweek. Those undergraduates who went home are walking up at 8 a.m. every morning to complete their family chores and getting together with old friends to have milk and cookies and discuss international relations...
...Stephen Joseph, New York City's health commissioner. "They pile their statements, each holding a thin layer of established fact, on top of one another like slices of bologna." Many criticized the trio for first publishing their findings in a mass-market book, which was excerpted last week in Newsweek, instead of in a scientific journal where their data would have been carefully scrutinized. A Chicago Tribune editorial blasted the "panic-peddling book," and the New York Times decried its "false alarms about AIDS." Callers seeking clarification jammed AIDS hot lines. Fumed Epidemiologist Andrew Moss of the University of California...