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  • Neil Howe, an author of several books on what he calls the Millennials (another term for Gen Y), draws a parallel between this nostalgic wave and the one boomers embraced with the film "American Graffiti" in 1973.

    Samuel J. Scott 2009

  • The presentation was called 'Millennials: Decoded', and was broken into four findings.

    Steve Rosenbaum: MTV and the "Curated ME" Steve Rosenbaum 2011

  • The presentation was called 'Millennials: Decoded', and was broken into four findings.

    Steve Rosenbaum: MTV and the "Curated ME" Steve Rosenbaum 2011

  • The grit and determination of the Greatest Generation was a perfect fit to the times they lived in, while the nascent malleability of the Millennials is integral to the world today.

    Natalia Brzezinski: How 20-Somethings Will Shape The Future Natalia Brzezinski 2010

  • Although the independence of the Millennials is often misread as apathy, my college students are deeply engaged both spiritually and politically.

    Millennials do faith and politics their way 2010

  • The presentation was called 'Millennials: Decoded', and was broken into four findings.

    Steve Rosenbaum: MTV and the "Curated ME" Steve Rosenbaum 2011

  • Fact is, today's under-thirty crowd, whom we call the Millennials, have long been the most pro-environment, anti-global warming generation in history.

    Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber: Memo to Bill Maher: Young People Understand the Climate Change Stakes 2009

  • And as Howe and Strauss wrote in Millennials Rising, Ironically, where young Boomers once turned to drugs to prompt impulses and think outside the box, today they turn to drugs to suppress their kids 'impulses and keep their behavior inside the box ...

    The Organization Kid 2001

  • And as Howe and Strauss wrote in Millennials Rising, Ironically, where young Boomers once turned to drugs to prompt impulses and think outside the box, today they turn to drugs to suppress their kids 'impulses and keep their behavior inside the box ...

    The Organization Kid 2001

  • "Seventy-five percent of all consumers we call Millennials or Gen Y'ers (born 1977-1997) say they research online before purchase," he said.

    Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick 2008

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