Word: barney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...economies are walking, but they're not running," says J. Paul Horne, an economist for the Smith Barney Shearson investment firm in Paris. Indeed, Britain has been in a recovery for the past 18 months, and its gross domestic product is expected to grow 2.7% this year. The 11 other E.U. economies, however, are only beginning to perk up. After a disastrous 15% plunge last year, European auto sales should increase 3% this year, adding $5 billion to manufacturers' revenues. Most airlines report steady gains in the sensitive indicator of intra-European traffic, up more than 9% this year, though...
...ever shopped at Wordsworth in the Square or Barney's downtown (Barnes & Noble, that is), you've probably seen small packs of high schoolers weaving their bookbags through the aisles, reading bookjackets and mispronouncing "Neitzsche." That was me, seven or eight years ago, trying to become au courant.Those girls walking around the North End with bangs towering over their spiroperms? I went to their proms. I literally can't turn around without bumping into one memory or another. And while I'm still imploring friends to move into town, I think I might be ready to move...
...Jodie Foster and the lead from the '50s TV version, old Bret (or was it Bart?) Maverick himself, James Garner. This week a live-action take on The Flintstones debuts, with John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins as Fred and Wilma Flintstone and Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell as Barney and Betty Rubble. Later this summer, Lassie will bark her way back into your heart, and Wyatt Earp will gallop across the wide screen. The Little Rascals, based on the old movie shorts that have become continually rerun TV artifacts, arrives in August. Then summer's end brings...
...Barney is being sued. A music publisher claims she owns rights to the Purple One's theme song, I Love You. The dinosaur's owners deny it. Though omitted from a recent NBC special, the ditty will continue to be sung on Barney's daily shows, pending a September court date...
...Barney won't sing I Love You while copyright suit goes to trial...