Word: bend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their grown, very Americanized daughters. "A girl is like a young tree," says one of the stern mothers, who explains to her daughter that she lacks the necessary wood in her character. "You must stand tall and listen to your mother standing next to you . . . But if you bend to listen to other people, you will grow crooked and weak." The daughter does not ignore this old- country wisdom, "but I also learned how to let her words blow through...
...Since I've been here, Tory has always been the kind of person who would bend over backwards for people. She mixed well and got along with everybody," Bovian said...
BRIAN WILSON: BRIAN WILSON (Sire). Anthems from 'round the bend and supernal pop craftsmanship...
...girl grows and as each generation changes. She has survived a sexual revolution, an army of imitators and a string of risky career moves and hairstyle changes. There was Barbie the stewardess in 1961, then Barbie the nurse (no mean feat, since 1964 was the first year she could bend her knees) and Barbie the astronaut. She apparently was completing medical school at the time, since this year she emerged as Dr. Barbie. "The toys that become classics are those that help children define themselves as they grow," says Mattel USA president Robert Sansone. "Barbie is a vehicle for rehearsing...
...been 20 minutes late for a team meeting Friday night, so Holtz announced at a meeting later that night that he was going to send them back home to South Bend...