Word: reapers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Generational replacement, a.k.a. the grim reaper, each year removes the most civic-minded slice of the U.S. population," as veterans of the World War II era, who are more involved in politics, are replaced by apathetic Gen-Xers, he wrote in an e-mail message...
...first they seem to be sock puppets who sound stoned. But soon they're your friends. Sifl and Olly sing songs, argue and interview the likes of an orgasm, a nine-volt battery, the Grim Reaper and an atom in one of Elvis' combs. The show's unscripted feel and sub-Kukla production values make the bizarre punch lines even more jolting. The chemistry between the puppets springs from the longtime friendship of Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco, two childhood friends from Nashville who, while in different colleges, used the voices on each other's answering machines. Now struggling musicians...
...directions and related services and are thriving. During the past two years, the American Automobile Association has recorded a 7% drop in requests for its paper TripTik maps (those handy, personalized route maps that even tell you when you're approaching the birthplace of the inventor of the mechanized reaper), even as AAA membership has increased. A spokesman attributed the dip to competition from the Web, and to the association's Map 'n Go software, a $60 navigation package that can be installed on PCs. If you want to get fancy, you can buy one of the car-based global...
...rock group Blue Oyster Cult admonishes listeners: "don't fear the reaper." It's a pretty refrain but certainly easier said than done. This comes from someone who recently rehearsed her own funeral...
...lieu of Kline, the Lampoon staged a tag-teambout that pitted Savage and Grimace, a McDonaldscharacter, against a group of costumed spectatorsculled from the audience. These included a cowboy,a ninja, the philosopher Socrates, a cadre ofRevolutionary War soldiers and the Grim Reaper...