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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Starbucks efforts to appeal to a broad base of consumers, Wu says that ultimately, he found, "It's an upper-to-middle class joint. People just can't afford $2 for coffee...

Author: By William P. Bohlen and Mary C. Cardinale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pupils or Primates? | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...People in lower classes think lingerie is a luxury and to people in the upper classes it's an indulgence which they enjoy," she says...

Author: By William P. Bohlen and Mary C. Cardinale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pupils or Primates? | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

Dovey believes this has some historical basis because, in the past, "working-class women had to spend long hours doing [hard] work making the stuff for the upper-class women to wear...

Author: By William P. Bohlen and Mary C. Cardinale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Pupils or Primates? | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...turns out, Mother Nature has won again, as the choice of insects has evolved from Norfleet's earlier works. Norfleet comments that "Animals have always sneaked into my photographs. A project on a colorful bachelor emphasized his dog; one on the hidden upper class resulted in boxes of horse pictures...." And, as she continues, "My desire to seek color, humor, beauty, to never forget skies, to record wrongs, made insects a natural choice for the present project...

Author: By Christina B. Rosenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Red Sunsets, Emerald Beatles | 5/14/1999 | See Source »

...mail reminder to clean up for the cleaning lady. But then I had trouble. For two days, the website wouldn't come up on my Mac at work. One day my horoscope didn't show up, and another day the local weather report (usually in the screen's upper right corner) was missing. The novelty was wearing thin, and I was back to Post-it notes for writing down appointments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scheduling Snafu | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

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