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'Coffee and Cigarettes'
![It's a drag that "cool" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like you're doing some damage. The Man, after all, now just instantly absorbs gestures of cool — the intimations of rebellion, the outlaw poses and beguiling discontent — re-wraps and sells them in a multitude of colors and sizes. The road once traveled by Jack Kerouac now leads straight to the mall.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-05/12620119.jpg "It's a drag that "cool\" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like you're doing some damage. The Man, after all, now just instantly absorbs gestures of cool — the intimations of rebellion, the outlaw poses and beguiling discontent — re-wraps and sells them in a multitude of colors and sizes. The road once traveled by Jack Kerouac now leads straight to the mall.")
Times Staff WriterIt's a drag that "cool" has become such a useless word. Ever since advertisers appropriated the marker in the late 1960s, as the very cool social critic Thomas Frank has observed, it's been increasingly tough to stick it to the Man or at least look like...Tags: Roberto Benigni, East Village (Manhattan, New York), Andy Warhol, Starbucks Corp., Samuel Beckett
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A Worldly Place
The Hartford CourantA colorful neon sign -- ``Cafe Internet, Food & Drink'' -- lit up for the first time on Main Street this week in a small city once known worldwide for its hat-making industry. If the outside promised lattes and bored cyber-slackers, the inside of...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Local Elections, Photography, Business, Politics
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New shine on City of Gold
Special to The TimesI was sitting at a restaurant when the Canadian woman across the table from me said something that caught me off-guard. "I love this city." At first I thought she was getting carried away by the ambience. We were dining at Sides, a chic establishment...Tags: Rosebank, Cape Town (South Africa), Pretoria (South Africa), Tourism and Leisure, Lotteries
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Attacks Digest
Dozens of survivors remain in hospitals in New York area NEW YORK - Dozens of the thousands of people injured in the World Trade Center attacks remained hospitalized yesterday with serious or critical injuries. Among them was a 30-year-old woman...Tags: New York, Health, Eliot Engel, Queens (New York City), Politics
May 14, 2004
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Nov 16, 2003
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Sep 21, 2001
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