Word: smith
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...exclusively in TIME, the New American Dream study is ready for release. News flash! The youngsters are ambitious get-aheads--even more so than their parents or grandparents. They are confident, savvy and, the survey concludes with a measure of relief, materialistic. "Gen X is committed," enthuses J. Walker Smith, managing partner at the polling firm Yankelovich Partners. "Gen X is connected. Gen X craves success American-style...
...personal growth. Young Xers, however, lurched through the recession of the early '80s, only to see the mid-decade glitz dissipate in the 1987 stock-market crash and the recession of 1990-91. Gen X could never presume success. In their new book Rocking the Ages, Yankelovich's Smith and his colleague Ann Clurman blame Xers' woes on their parents: "Forget what the idealistic boomers intended, Xers say, and look instead at what they actually did: divorce. Latchkey kids. Homelessness. Soaring national debt. Bankrupt Social Security. Holes in the ozone layer. Crack. Downsizing and layoffs. Urban deterioration. Gangs. Junk bonds...
...wary of packaged news, linear-plotted entertainment and happy endings. "Xers prefer to get their information unembellished," says Yankelovich's Smith. The hit TV show X-Files weaves in layered story lines and leaves questions unresolved. In MTV News Unfiltered, viewers call in story ideas and the network sends out video cameras for them to record their own segments. On last month's show, South Carolina's underground tattoo artists told of their efforts to legalize the practice of body art, and a 16-year-old Oregonian recounted her hard life as a single mother. "Generation X actively pursues...
...Delaney-Smith, all she did was win Ivy League Coach of the Year honors. If this season was any indication of the future, the Crimson has much success to look forward to in the coming year...
...Feaster] is very, very special in that she uniquely combines a tremendous amount of skill and talent with sincere humility," coach Kathy Delaney-Smith says. "I really believe she would rather not be the focus, but she understands why she is the focus. I think she believes that she is just part of the puzzle...