Word: paradigm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kamil: I think there is something in effect called the "coolness paradigm." And unfortunately, at this school, it is something we all agree is totally whack: the Grille. There is a sense of what is cool and what is not cool... I mean...
...Although the Dow later backed off the record high, the euphoria may be a product of a paradigm shift in the shaping of economic indicators. After all, it seems counterintuitive that wage inflation wouldn't increase with the ever-expanding job market. "But this may show some things about the new economy," says Baumohl. "Increased productivity means that even though new jobs are being added, the prices of consumer goods aren't rising. And a growing number of employees are being at least partly rewarded in ways that don't show up in hourly wage inflation figures - extra benefits, bonuses...
...like everything else digital, even that consideration is changing--you may not have to buy that box at all. The move to distribute software online is just breaking out. Among our recommended products, Norton 2000 can already be bought as a download. Still more of a paradigm shift is Encyclopaedia Britannica's recent move to give its contents away on its website. If others follow suit, a brave new world is here indeed...
...which have been concocted for the express purpose of being featured in fancy action sequences. And everything must not only blow up but cause the ubiquitous gasoline barrels which litter the landscape to blow up as well, for good measure. Because everything is bogged down in this paradigm, the sequences are unimaginatively staged and disjointedly shot. Everything is strictly for its own sake; nothing is simple...
...against George W. Bush's. Americans tend to reward candidates who are hungry for the job--fire in the belly and all that. But if anyone can prove it's possible to try too hard, it's Gore. And if anyone can prove the counterargument--that a cool new paradigm is emerging this year--it may be Bradley, the candidate who seems not to be trying at all. He is too proud to beg. When he asked for votes at Dartmouth, here's how it came out: "I would hope you'd feel that I would be your candidate...