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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Wherever there is sincerity, though, hypocrisy generally tags along. For a warmup, a brief list of the Year's Best Euphemisms for Recession:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of '90's: Well, Hello to '90s Humility | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

A. There is no rose without thorns. Society has shown patience over the painful but necessary economic reforms. But it is beginning to get impatient. Unfortunately, that is occurring at a time when politically things are not the best. All kinds of demons are appearing -- nationalism, anti-Semitism and populism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland's WOJCIECH JARUZELSKI: Unlikely Detonator Of Change | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

Reassuring things, lists. They affirm that the buzzing, blooming confusion of the universe can be reduced to a tidy vertical column. But wait, there's a better way to do this. Herewith the Top Four Reasons Why People Love Lists:

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of '90's: Well, Hello to '90s Humility | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

The idea of bestness, however, like a list itself, is an illusion. There is no "best." Bestness is a way of making something subjective appear objective. And best lists are a collection of the biases, or at least the interests, of those who make them. These lists incite a certain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of '90's: Well, Hello to '90s Humility | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

The '90s will be nervous until they find their identity, but there is still another reason to be worried. Consider this: We're on the home stretch to the millennium.The end of a century, let alone a millennium, tends to bring forth bursts of energy and confusion. Even in 1990...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Of '90's: Well, Hello to '90s Humility | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

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