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Word: whats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Son of Scopes is not quite what it seems either. The twist in the modern saga is the injection of creationism as the scientific alternative to evolution. So, let's be plain. Creationism, which presents Genesis as literally and historically true, is not science. It is faith crudely disguised as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Message of Creationism | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Parents who have had to suffer through the games, the TV series and shopping trips can take some comfort in the fact that the Pokemon demographic is the same one that has abandoned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers. What may be harder to survive is the relentlessness of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

The Pokemon trading-card craze is at the center of much of the controversy. Colm McNiallais, 11, of New York City is a good guide to frenzy. Passing kids looking to trade, he says, "We don't want them. They cheat." He gravitates toward others who have brought out binders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

It's not really the violence that scares parents--they've lived with and tolerated intimations of horror for generations. In Grimm's fairy tales, what does the wolf do to Red Riding Hood's granny or the witch plan to do to Hansel? When kids collect dinosaurs, parents, blinded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

With a handful of fellow junkies (including his friend Ken Sugimori, who would eventually draw all the Pokemon), Tajiri began a magazine called GameFreak in 1982 to publicize tips and cheat codes of their favorite games. "Our conclusion was," he says, "there weren't too many good-quality games, so...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beware of the Poke Mania | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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