Word: skies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...make love not war--in 1973, to be exact--only two-thirds of twentysomethings polled by Yankelovich agreed that "competition encourages excellence." Today 82% of their counterparts say, "I like to compete: it makes me perform better." The recent surge of extreme sports--from bungee jumping to sky surfing--is no accident. The hip slogan of the Gen X T shirt? NO FEAR. Indeed, adversity, far from discouraging youths, has given them a harder, even ruthless edge. Most believe "I have to take what I can get in this world because no one is going to give me anything...
...their courses in entrepreneurialism. A recent University of Michigan study found that 25-to-34-year-olds are trying to start businesses at three times the rate of 35-to-55-year-olds. "Having your own business means not worrying about what some head guy in Dallas thinks," says Sky Eacrett, a Redlands, Calif., tile-store manager who dreams of striking out on his own. "No matter how much money you make for them, you are still just an x. And you can be x-ed off. With my own business, I could come in at 7 a.m. and leave...
...Lower Keys on your hands and knees" was our old advertising slogan--a tragic admission that outside of watching the sun sink behind the mangrove islands and the ospreys drift lazily across the azure sky, there wasn't a whole lot to do down here except drink until you heave. But now, in recognition of the fact that red-blooded spring breakers need a more stand-up form of entertainment, the U.S. military plans to start test-launching ballistic missiles from our fabled ecosystem. On your next vacation visit, you'll be able to watch 12-ton Hera rockets blast...
...that: If you decide to live in the city, choose a neighborhood where the houses are low-built--brownstones or frame jobs with little gardens out front or back--so that you can always see a mass of sky and preserve a sense of scale. If you live in the country, go to the sea rather than the mountains, which, while monumentally beautiful, will depress you over time. If you live near your parents, excellent...
...morning too. Take my word for it. And if you get up at 6 (5 is better), you can watch the sun struggle up into place. You will be grateful for the silent glory of that sight, as the sun, at once enlarging and moving farther away, becomes the sky it enlightens. I am thinking, of course, of you. Goodbye...