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<text id=91TT2757>
<title>
Dec. 09, 1991: Forward Spin
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 09, 1991 One Nation, Under God
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 21
Forward Spin
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<p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
</p>
<p> CAMPAIGN SONGS. Bob Kerrey campaigns to Springsteen's Born
to Run. Bill Clinton kicks back to Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop.
Jerry Brown digs Diet Pepsi's jingle Uh-Huh! And the No. 1 pick
for the Cuomo campaign: My Way.
</p>
<p> ON BOARD. Airlines can't seem to make a buck on the
tickets, but how about those video games? Carriers ordering
Boeing's new 777 airliner can look forward to profits from
Nintendo on interactive TVs at every seat. Bring plenty of
quarters.
</p>
<p> THE ACRONYM BAROMETER. When yuppies got married, they
became DINKS (dual income, no kids). Parenthood made them
GRUMPIES (grownup mature professionals). Now job insecurity is
producing SITCOMS (single income, two children, outrageous
mortgage).
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<p> ONEROUS COMPARISONS. President Reagan was determined not to
be "Carter-ized"--seen by voters as indecisive. Times change.
Now Bush needs to worry about being "Gorba-fied"--viewed, like
the Soviet leader, as bold in foreign policy but hapless when
confronted with economic decay.
</p>
<p> AT THE BEEP. Time was, people put a lot of care and
creativity into their answering-machine recordings. But in the
time-starved '90s, people are skipping the niceties and talking
so fastthatyoucan'tunderstandwhatthey'resaying. Get ready for
no message, instant beep.
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<p> MOM KNEW BEST. Girdles are back, along with platform shoes
and pageboy flips. Now hair rollers are in style again. Ouch!
Pass the bonbons.
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