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...obscenity and bad attitudes in pop culture, were to foster some repressive legislation. (Imagine the headlines: HIP-HOP AND HEAVY METAL BANNED! SOUTH PARK CREATORS IMPRISONED!) But the revolutionists who would bring these skeptical tribes together would have to be able to combine political activism with an irony as thick as David Letterman's. They would have to avoid simplistic sloganeering and embrace the creative use of media and technology. Finally, they would have to appeal to their tribalized constituent elements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Counterculture | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...jazz up your daily routine with its new $5 Oral-B CrossAction, the most expensive mass-market toothbrush ever sold. Gillette claims the brush removes 25% more plaque than its leading competitor with angled bristles that penetrate deeper between teeth and a PowerTip to reach back teeth. The thick, rubberized handle may be easier to hold, but it's too wide for most toothbrush holders. Due out in early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Technology Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Second, students must develop thick skins for unpopular speech and accept offensive views as a fact of life. Instead of seeking to silence others, those who are made uncomfortable by speech should combat it with speech in return...

Author: By Adam R. Kovacevich, | Title: Stifled Into Silence | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

...Rhubarb," says Hollings in the thick, rolling baritone that is native to low-country Charleston. He says that although Inglis refuses to accept PAC money directly, he takes it indirectly through the national party. And Hollings scoffs at Inglis' promise that as a supporter of term limits, he will serve only two terms: What's the point of electing a lame duck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pork on the Griddle | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

...about--I know this sounds odd--is Bill Clinton. But if you could see this haunted house, you would note how sad and uncomfortable it makes you feel. The place is destroyed and not destroyed; it is both the ghost and the living thing. Its overgrown lawn is as thick as thatch. Its chimney tips like a cocked hat. At dusk its side wall, blasted by the dying autumn light, shows in a fierce and pathetic white--a burn victim in a sheet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Regarding the Haunted House | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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