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Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.
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Since they were in diapers, karaoke machines have been annoying
people at parties.
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They have always been looking for Carmen Sandiego.
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GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.
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Coke and Pepsi have always used recycled plastic bottles.
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Shampoo and conditioner have always been available in the same
bottle.
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Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.
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Their parents may have dropped them in shock when they heard George
Bush announce “tax revenue increases.”
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Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.
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Girls in head scarves have always been part of the school fashion
scene.
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All have had a relative--or known about a friend's relative--who
died comfortably at home with Hospice.
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As a precursor to “whatever,” they have recognized that some people
“just don’t get it.”
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Universal Studios has always offered an alternative to Mickey in
Orlando.
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Grandma has always had wheels on her walker.
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Martha Stewart Living
has always been setting the style.
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Haagen-Dazs ice cream has always come in quarts.
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Club Med resorts have always been places to take the whole family.
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WWW has never stood for World Wide Wrestling.
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Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.
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The Warsaw Pact is as hazy for them as the League of Nations was
for their parents.
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Students have always been "Rocking the Vote.”
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Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court.
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Schools have always been concerned about multiculturalism.
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We have always known that “All I Ever Really Needed to Know I
Learned in Kindergarten.”
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There have always been gay rabbis.
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Wayne Newton has never had a mustache.
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College grads have always been able to Teach for America.
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IBM has never made typewriters.
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Roseanne Barr has never been invited to sing the National Anthem
again.
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McDonald’s and Burger King have always used vegetable oil for
cooking french fries.
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They have never been able to color a tree using a raw umber Crayola.
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There has always been Pearl Jam.
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The Tonight Show has always been hosted by Jay Leno and started at
11:35 EST.
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Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.
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They never tasted Benefit Cereal with psyllium.
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They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the
crib.
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Authorities have always been building a wall along the Mexican
border.
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Lenin’s name has never been on a major city in Russia.
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Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.
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Balsamic vinegar has always been available in the U.S.
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Macaulay Culkin has always been Home Alone.
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Their parents may have watched The American Gladiators on TV
the day they were born.
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Personal privacy has always been threatened.
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Caller ID has always been available on phones.
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Living wills have always been asked for at hospital check-ins.
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The Green Bay Packers (almost) always had the same starting
quarterback.
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They never heard an attendant ask “Want me to check under the
hood?”
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Iced tea has always come in cans and bottles.
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Soft drink refills have always been free.
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They have never known life without Seinfeld references from a show
about “nothing.”
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Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year
they were born.
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Muscovites have always been able to buy Big Macs.
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The Royal New Zealand Navy has never been permitted a daily ration
of rum.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has always been eavesdropping on the
heavens.
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98.6 F or otherwise has always been confirmed in the ear.
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Michael Milken has always been a philanthropist promoting prostate
cancer research.
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Off-shore oil drilling in the United States has always been
prohibited.
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Radio stations have never been required to present both sides of
public issues.
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There have always been charter schools.
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Students always had Goosebumps.
