Word: young
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Neil L. Rudenstine to the need to control drunk and disorderly behavior at graduations in colonial times. The tradition of heavy alcohol use by college students is part of the history of most institutions. Listen to almost any college song, and you are bound to hear about young men hoisting their beer mugs in tribute to their alma mater. Colleges have had a long-term affair with beer...
...Sunday afternoon when I met the young trio of actors who fill out the second generation in the cast of American Beauty. Certainly, I could have picked the three, um, American beauties out of a lineup--all striking examples of uncommon poise. Petite and chatty, Mena Suvari (teenage lust object Angela Hayes in the film) appeared with a surprisingly modest brunette dye job which only partially belied the model-quality good looks that garnered her roles in both "American" movies this summer, both this one and American Pie. With unshaven, not-quite-ratty stubble that gave him the look...
...broken glasses, a sweet grin and a lighting-bolt-shaped mark on his forehead. While recent issues of the magazine have featured politicians like Bill Clinton and businessmen like Bill Gates, the cartoon face on this week's cover belongs to a fictional character. He is Harry Potter, the young wizard protagonist of J.K. Rowling's series of phenomenally popular children's books...
...surprise that kids love Harry Potter. Following in the footsteps of countless children's heroes, Harry Potter travels to a strange and magical place and finds adventure in a world with little adult supervision. As one father remarked, the freedom from parents in this story excites young readers, who identify with Harry as he makes his own decisions...
...also shocked. And in a city of largely unflappable urbanites, this is big news. The mayor, a lover of opera and other more traditional art forms, is threatening to pull funding from the city's large but little-known Brooklyn Museum of Art, where a new show called "Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection" is scheduled to open in early October. The exhibit, which drew more than 300,000 visitors during its stint in London, features the familiar animal-in-formaldehyde installations by consummate shockmeister Damien Hirst, as well as works by Chris Ofili, Marcus Harvey...