Word: cool
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...just like in high school I find myself in this clique whether I want to be or not. It's sometimes hard not to get lost in the excitement of how spiffy the hometown looks and how well the local talent is doing and assess it all as a cool outsider. At the opening ceremonies, I waved my blinking bracelet around like a goofball until I realized I was one of about six people in the press box who had even bothered to take it out of the little yellow suitcase. The volunteer in charge of leading the cheers from...
...evening was the fun everyone was having putting it on for the world. There were smiles all around as the thousands of dancers, singers and band members exited the floor of the massive Olympic stadium after doing their bit. Kids gave high fives to each other. This was so cool and so fun - even if it was damn hard work...
Special Agent. It sounds cool and sleek. It sounds like I own black sunglasses...
...good number of us are still possessed with the somewhat juvenile desire to, well, have a really cool job. We've watched too much television and want to be Mulder and Scully, Men in Black, Clint Eastwood, Clarice Starling, Charlie's Angels. We want to pack heat and wear the Armani...
...term adult entertainment. It delved responsibly into mature themes for a wide, grown-up audience. "Midnight Cowboy," which won the Oscar as best picture of 1969, was rated X; if you weren't at least 18, you couldn't see it. Same with such excellent films as "Medium Cool" and "The Devils." I don't remember mass complaints that kids couldn't see these movies. The idea then was that some things - intelligent films and, for that matter, the profits that came from them - were worth waiting...