Word: nite
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brain Break concept is unique to Harvard, McNitt said. Some schools extend the hours of their cash operation businesses--like at Stanford's Lucie Stern Dining Hall, where students can munch on the Late Nite Snack Service from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. using their Cardinal Dollars--but rarely is a late-night meal part of the board plan...
...some of the shows their parents regularly watch, whether it's 60 Minutes, The Antiques Road Show or Gilligan's Island. They may tell you they're lame, but who knows? Your kid might be impressed that you know all the original plots to the shows on Nick at Nite. The point is, you--not the television--get to be the parent...
...solve their problems. [Family shows] are the shows that have lasting impact," he adds. "'Miami Vice.' 'Cheers.' 'The A-Team.' 'Night Rider.' Those programs are hot for a year and then gone. I think the shows that last are the ones that we still watch today on 'Nick at Nite...
...makes a spark" gives the inexperienced a classier way to ignite some real electricity. With what other breath mint can you tantalize your tastebuds with the sugary sweetness of a candy at the same time as you rid your breath of the stale Folger's stench of late-nite cramming. Grab these brightly packaged, tasty "o"s from your Kate Spade and show your friends that you've got a wild side beneath that stylish exterior. Who needs the annoying pop of Bazooka Joe or the tongue-numbing Altoids tablet when you can suck with sophistication? In other words, pick...
Then, too, one must never forget the all-pervasive influence of television--the ultimate cultural normalizer. But even with TV, I've foiled modernity by picking Nick at Nite, not MTV, as my channel of choice. As a kid, I spent many happy hours in front of the tube watching "I Dream of Jeannie," "Twilight Zone," "Bewitched," "I Love Lucy," "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Happy Days." In retrospect, it's just as well that I remained relatively oblivious to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...