The Nifty Nineties
The Political Scene
| In 1991, when we fought the Persian Gulf War,
George Bush
was president. He was really really popular during the war. |
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But then.....
In 1992, Bill Clinton was
elected over George Bush and Ross Perot. George Bush was upset, but it was no help in
getting his job back.
Janet Reno was appointed to be Attorney General by Clinton.
Angus King was elected governor of Maine. It was unusual because he is an
independent.
In 1996, Bill Clinton was reelected over Ross Perot and Bob Dole.
For the Kids
Tickle Me Elmo made millions of dollars. People were paying hundreds for it just
because Rosie O'Donnell talked about it on her show. It was the top seller of 1996!
Beanie Babies were the top sellers of '97. People
paid hundreds for certain ones. They were rushing to the stores for them--especially
the retired ones.
The first Beanie Baby was made by two kids, in the early nineties. The rest, the mom
helped with.
The Nano company came out with Nano pets, and the Tamagotchi company came out with virtual
pets.
Nintendo came out with Super Nintendo, Gameboy, and Nintendo 64. Sega came
out with Gamecom and Sega Saturn.
Something for Everyone
People rushed to the movie theaters in 1997 and 1998 to see Titanic. It tied an Academy record by
winning eleven Academy awards. It won Best Picture. It also broke the world
record for making the most money in theaters. Moviegoers
were terrified by Scream
(be careful, this is kind of gross) and I Know What You Did Last Summer, and they slammed
with Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny in Space Jam. Earlier in the nineties, Jurassic Park,
followed by The Lost World, captured our imagination.
Hanson and Spice Girls were popular in the late nineties. TLC, Boys II Men, Hoolio,
and Mariah Carey were also popular singers in the nineties.
In The News
Those Denver Broncos are so
good--they beat Green Bay in Super Bowl XXXII. Green Bay had beaten the New England
Patriots the year before. John Elway finally won his first Super Bowl. Bill
Clinton won in 1996 for president for the second time in a row. Oprah Winfrey went
to court for speaking out against Mad Cow disease, but she won. The Oklahoma City bombing killed so
many children and adults. Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to die for the bombing, and
Terry Nichols got life in prison. The OJ Simpson trial went on for a long
time. He was found innocent of killing his wife and another man.
Princess Diana and Mother Teresa both died in 1997 and the world was very sad.
The ice storm in Maine in 1998, was really bad. Trees fell and people lost their
power for up to two weeks. No one seemed to escape the wrath of El Nino--with
flooding in California, and killer tornadoes in the south.
Something New
The nineties inventions are Tamagotchis
which is the most popular toy besides the Tickle Me Elmo. Also invented in the
nineties was a tornado warning alert system. We bet that everyone is glad that the
tornado warning system was invented, especially the people on the tornado belt. Also
invented was a cd rom disc
that can carry a full-length feature film, complete with audio and visual.
What They Wore
The styles of the seventies are coming back to the '90's! Platform shoes and
bell-bottom things that our parents wore in the seventies are now in style again. If
you want to see what is coming back from the '70's, here it is now.
Buckle up! And get in the groove. Here we go: tight shirts and hip
huggers and tight bell bottoms with platform shoes at the discos. I think we've seen
enough. Back to the '90's: Wow! Belly shirts, high hells, cut shorts,
Air Jordans, Nikes, black lipstick--purple, orange, and
green, too. High ponytails, hair dyed all different colors, different color nail
polish--there sure are a lot of styles. Not to forget baggy pants!!!
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