Word: popularity
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...popular image of grown ups is just as flawed as that of J. M. Barrie. Some people picture grown ups as though they're eternally trapped by mortgage payments, income taxes, marriage, alimony and/or dead end jobs. Adults seem to have less freedom than kids. Grown ups are like pin balls whose trajectories are defined by a series of obstacles that bounce them in a meaningless direction. After shooting out of college at high speed you slam into a four-figure monthly rent and you careen towards a career in I-banking. You're hit by 90-hour weeks...
...Although the crowd was made up predominantly of Our Lady Peace fans, most showed little involvement in the show other than singing along. The band's performance of "Superman's Dead" was half-hearted, demonstrating little of the surging, brooding spark that made the single so popular in 1997. Guitarist Mike Turner, equipped with gigantic headphones, wasted more time trying to look like he was playing amazing riffs than actually sounding good...
...response to an audience member's question about his knack for achieving popular appeal with his works, Schwartz pointed to heartfelt simplicity...
Still, Harry's magical world is popular with both British and American readers...
...fever has definitely caught on," says Steve Babbitt, the Coop's trade book manager. "She's been pretty popular all over the place...