Word: tools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...favor of four more years with Nixon. That set the stage for the apogee of public disillusionment, Watergate, and the Reagan Revolution, which blamed the '60s for the social pathologies afflicting America. Lasting dominion over the decade belonged to Madison Avenue, which turned the counterculture into the marketing tool it is today. Jerry Garcia is dead. Long live Cherry Garcia...
...American education: "Anyone who tells you computers are more effective than anything else is either dumb or lying." Better technology doesn't necessarily make kids better students; good teachers and smart curriculums do. "Laptops are like the new electronic tablet notebook--they have good potential as a writing tool and a place to store information," says Allen Glenn, dean of the University of Washington's education school. "But as far as how you really integrate laptops into actual lessons, in a way that will help students understand their problems, that's still up for grabs...
CAPITALIST TOOL...
Although television is a popular form of mind-numbing entertainment for most of the real world, the notable lack of cable in Harvard's undergraduate dorms limits its use as a time-filling tool. But students have learned to make do with another form of entertainment. They have discovered that as wonderful as "Melrose Place," "The X-Files" and "Seinfeld" are, any good video game can provide much more variety...
During the trial, APA activists stormed out to support of the cultural defense as a necessary tool to protect immigrants in U.S. courtrooms...