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Word: obendorf (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even more common is the idea that hard times will be a character-building experience for a soft society. "Our parents lived through it and it made them strong," says Teresa Obendorf, 22, an assistant buyer at Gimbels in Manhattan. "Our generation has had it too easy. This is just what we need to toughen us up." A related notion is that affluence is the villain that has bogged the nation down in mindless consumerism, environmental pollution and foreign adventures like Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Depression Fever | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

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