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...roar of the Twenties, the swishy Forties, the Fifties buzzing with the waisty WASP look, the disco beat Seventies and now even the Eighties chirp in with a chorus of "Me, me, me!" My Lord, what a ruckus. All this Retro can give a girl a headache. But before you get nostalgic about the future, remember that every morning you have the potential to broadcast something. No matter which decade you pilfer, you are announcing "I am of the now." You are playing a cosmic game of Whack-a-Mole...
...Writing Report Card," found that 78 percent of teachers say parents and other adults in the household must help children develop their writing skills. "Many students at each grade level continue to have serious difficulty in producing effective informative or persuasive writing," the report says. Among the suggested retro-remedies: encourage kids to write letters instead of making phone calls, and have them write down messages in lieu of voice mail.Post your opinion on theSocietybulletin board...
...communist thinker simply has a different kind of following now. He's the band Abba, not En Vogue. Marxism these days has appeal "in an odd sort of retro-manner," says Jedediah S. Purdy '97, an editor of Perspective who has studied Marx. "One might use the fashion metaphor that it is equivalent to showing up at a party in your '71 easy rider biker gear. It's a cachet of anachronism...
...flannels, suede jackets and retro sweaters are also "in," said Carmen Carrasquillo, a sales clerk at Urban Outfitters. And dark fall colors like crimson and green are popular, said Chris Ells, a clerk at The Lodge...
...trouble is that "None of your business" represents a kind of black- and-white retro-reality that won't play anymore. The nation lives in a pervasive culture of spin and hype, the agitated, drooling and unembarrassable twin children of publicity. Spin and hype, working mostly through the magic of television, create a sort of virtual reality in which no one is quite accountable and consequences can be annulled by changing the channel -- or adducing a childhood trauma. That powerful universe of sensational illusion has increasingly come to determine the moral atmosphere of America. The virtual world of trailer-park...