X = What?. Douglas Coupland, Generation X, and the Politics of Postmodern Irony

A revolution in electronic media, born in large part of an impulse to democracy, may well promote and preserve democratic values in the next millennium. Stats Even though Perot dropped out of the race for a time (stunning his many supporters), he won 19,237,247 votes, an astounding 19 percent of the popular vote total. Word for the Day After World War II, from 1947 to 1961, the birth rate sharply rose in America. This period was described as a baby boom, and those born during this time were baby boomers. Those born between 1961 and 1972, typically college educated but chronically pessimistic and vaguely dissatisfied with career possibilities, have been dubbed Generation X, a label drawn from a novel of that name by Douglas Coupland. Word for the Day During the 1980s and 1990s, Americans heard a great deal about PACs. A PAC–Political Action Committee–is a special interest group, lobby, or pressure group organized to raise money for specific political activity. Word for the Day “In God We Trust” is plain enough English ...»