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Article: The halfway mark.(Follow-Up)
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- December 1, 2008
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There's something about an anniversary that inspires one to take stock of the past, present, and future, reason's 20th anniversary issue in 1988 was no exception.
In "Things Are a Lot Groovier Now," then-Publisher Robert W. Poole Jr. reminded readers how terrible 1968 was. Cable television was banned in major cities, self-service gas stations were illegal in most places, getting cash required standing in line at a bank between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on a weekday, airfares were set by the government, the draft was alive and well, and hooking up an answering machine was a good way to incur the wrath of Ma Bell.
Evaluations of the present were more ...