Word: paper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...structure used as decorations during the Chinese lunar new year festivities. At one corner, near Mao's Mausoleum, six teenagers played soccer with gusto. A few blocks away from the square, a group of residents walked up to the gate of Deng Xiaoping's city residence to offer a paper-wreath. Guards at the gate accepted the wreath and nervously told the visitors to go home." U.S. anaylsts believe that Deng's death in unlikely to cause any major shakeups, in part because the government had already adjusted to life without him. In part since China has decided...
...pleasantly surprised by your cover on the Green Bay Packers. Here, finally, the whole U.S. could read the proud story of the small Midwestern town and its fans recapturing greatness. Green Bay's down-home friendliness was showcased and applauded. Then I caught a tiny blurb in the paper that burst my bubble. TIME ran two regional versions of its magazine. The one featuring the Green Bay Packers on the cover was distributed only in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The rest of the U.S. got a cover featuring a bereaved and saddened Bill Cosby. Boy, do I feel like a sucker...
REALLY DESPERATE 2. Boyfriend In-A-Box[TM] $14.95 Fantasy is the spice of many a relationship, but Cowboy Clint may not be what Dr. Ruth had in mind. He doesn't exist, but his paper trail will make your colleagues think he does: photos, phone messages, even a card to go with the flowers. Clint will love you forever, or you'll get your money back...
...individual basis wherein they would have to come to terms with the possibility that a sophomore could possibly be qualified for their course. It disturbs me to think there are professors who don't want to take the time to have their students present their interests and qualifications on paper, so that they can make informed decisions about people rather than things. They would rather construct objective mechanisms of exclusion whereby they can say anybody born a Rabbit, Dragon, or Pig is out. --Jed Silverstein...
...central issue is that sex--at least sans condom--is dangerous. As one of the wittier posters made clear, sex with a condom is like sleeping with a lifeguard; sex without it, however, is commensurably lethal. Although the sponsors of Condom Week cushioned their message in fluorescent-colored poster paper and humorous ditties, the essence of their project was to spread the word that sex, despite the casual tone, is far from casual. At the most literal level, the promulgators of the condom ethic are telling Harvard students to slow down, for at least the time it takes...