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...radicalism (John Milton in the 17th century), public nudity (15th century Adamite Christians on islands in the Elbe), and drug advocacy (Aldous Huxley extolling the joys of mescaline in 1954). The generation of 1968 -- the first baby boomers -- may have been innocent of historical memory, but that did not bother them. What was important was that they felt new and different and, man, it was us vs. them, young vs. old, hip vs. square, revolutionaries against the bourgeoisie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society | 2/2/1989 | See Source »

...hours a day, is all too lax. A guard is usually sitting at the first floor elevator after 5 p.m. But a student told me that even the night following Wednesday's rape, the guard did not even ask for identification. In fact, the guard did not even bother to look up from his book, and only muttered, "Sign in," according to the student. The student could have easily penned any name into the log. And during the evenings, the doors to the stairs are often left unlocked, allowing anyone access to the second floor elevators...

Author: By Albert Y. Hsia, | Title: More Security, Not Vigilance | 12/13/1988 | See Source »

FIRST thought: Terrific, Medea is playing this weekend at Quincy House. Now you won't have to bother cracking open your copy for Heroes...

Author: By Esther H. Won, | Title: Diary of a Mad Housewife | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

...fans that bother to show up at Texas Stadium these days literally wear bags over their heads. Sixty-four percent of those polled by the Dallas Times Herald recently called for Landry to ride his horse into the sunset and leave the Cowboys...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: America's Team Illusion Is Gone | 12/1/1988 | See Source »

...that AT&T had randomly assigned to their video-gear company, Oscarvision Systems. On the telephone dial, their number spells CHECK-IN, which they first realized eight years ago when a hotel called and asked for the rights to their number. But the cash offer was too tiny to bother with, so the Oscars held on to their digits even though the spelling had no connection with video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Let Us Take Your Number | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

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