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...loins were girded into play mode--I thought I knew them all, that Miller, this Bard, Mr. Pinter--but my big toe clamored for a rewarding scratch. My bladder squealed with the agony of Colombian coffee, and the buttocks murmured about the iniquity of the sitting posture. Stomach wanted popcorn, hair demanded combing, and the mind wandered into esoterica. Fight it Gubba, said I, and I did. All resources were summoned onto the stage and bodily rebellion was quashed...
...this century, an entire futurology industry has arisen to satisfy the planning needs of corporations, governments and military establishments. At the same time, the popular audience for social trends and future talk has grown steadily. Toffler (Powershift), John Naisbitt (Megatrends 2000) and Faith Popcorn (The Popcorn Report) have all made visits to the best-seller list in the past two years...
Futurologists in recent decades predicted the rise of couch potatoes nesting at home (Popcorn), the arrival of the home office and the multiple-marriage lifetime (Toffler). But by and large they missed out on many developments of much greater consequence, like the rise of OPEC and the mass arrival of women in the workplace...
...much imagination can be just as perilous. Popcorn's company, BrainReserve, prides itself on exhaustive research. "We go out into the culture to interview and observe," she says. "Then we make a leap that is impossible to explain." In 1988 she leaped to the conclusion that Americans wanted a "nonflashy workaholic" like Michael Dukakis for President...
...person and off the podium, Hillary Clinton is neither a killer lawyer nor the adoring spouse of the bus tours. Riding in the back seat of a car during a New York campaign swing, she wolfs down popcorn while worrying about whether < Chelsea got her booster shots. She jokes about only making the teams for sports like volleyball and softball -- and laments that she didn't have the foresight to concentrate on profession-enhancing pastimes like tennis and golf. While Bill can go for long stretches of time on the road, she says she has to head back frequently...