Word: present
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...stores across the country were already thick with post- holiday sales. Some items were moving nicely: oversize freezers to keep groceries bought in bulk; wood stoves to cut down on utility bills; shoe trees, mason jars, sewing kits, to extend the life of life's necessities; and any $5 present that looked as if it cost $25. At the IKEA store in Elizabeth, N.J., shoppers could lease a Christmas tree for $20 and get $10 back if they returned it for recycling into mulch...
...Pentagon is far from persuaded. In a blistering 33-page critique of the EPA report, Air Force scientists charge its authors with having "biased the entire document" toward proving a link. "Our reviewers are convinced that there is no suggestion that ((electromagnetic fields)) present in the environment induce or promote cancer," the Air Force concludes. "It is astonishing that the EPA would lend its imprimatur on this report." The Pentagon's concern is understandable. There is hardly a unit of the modern military that does not depend on the heavy use of some kind of electronic ! equipment, from huge ground...
...myth of Eden records the first trauma of homelessness. Home, after that expulsion, is what we make, what we build. We build our own home again, endlessly, in memory of Eden, or hope of it. Past or future. The present is never contented, perfection is hypothetical, and home is always incomplete...
...America's epoch is to last, the underlying character of American culture must remain true to itself as it is pulled toward a common global denominator by its entertainment engine. But danger signals are already present: too few movies characterized by nuance, or even good old American nuttiness; more and more disco-dance epics, sickly sweet romances and shoot-'em-up, cut-'em-up, blow-'em-up Schwarzenegger characters; rock 'n' roll that never gets beyond heavy breathing and head banging; blockbuster books that read like T shirts. The combination of the foreign marketplace and a young domestic audience nourished...
Fears for the biosphere are still strong around the world, but the expectations of Earth Day have given way to endless debate and procrastination. A TIME poll highlights the public confusion that has helped produce the present policy paralysis...