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...supposed to be the serious one. Julio wrote about "hockey gods" eating popcorn in Vermont's Gutterson Fieldhouse. I called for RPI hockey Coach Mike Adessa's resignation. Julio gave a stream-of-consciousness account of sports in the year 2000. I did a series on the law and women's sports...
...brutality not just in entertainment but in everyday life. People are not as uncomfortable as they ought to be about the glamorization of human hurt. The ability to react instinctively to suffering seems to be atrophying. Youngsters sit transfixed in front of television or motion-picture screens, munching popcorn while human beings are battered or mutilated. Nothing is more essential in education than respect for the frailty of human beings; nothing is more characteristic of the age than mindless violence...
Make no mistake, America has not yet reached that degraded state where most people gulp down microwavable products rather than food. But in a nation of harried two-income families, where meals are primarily an opportunity for refueling, it is hard to dismiss market researcher Faith Popcorn's bold prediction that "there aren't going to be stoves very soon." Others forecast that by 1995 half of all American kitchens will play home on the range with two microwaves. A Wall Street Journal survey found that 75% of Americans believe the microwave oven has made "life a lot better." Consumer...
...Center for Media and Public Affairs, Bush suffered more jokes by nighttime TV comedians (143) than even Dan Quayle (135). He watched inflation climb to an eight-year high (4.6%), visited 16 foreign countries (counting Belgium twice), cut down his consumption of pork rinds and upped his intake of popcorn by a couple of barrels (unofficial estimate...
...this is a minor complaint. Take two hours with the Fabulous Baker Boys and a big box of popcorn, and forget about real life for a while...