Word: boyness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Marshmallow Fluff is a dorm-room favorite for sweet tooths and old boy scouts alike. Somehow, its creators have been able to capture the melted insides of patiently toasted marshmallows and shove them into a jar. Its taste resembles Cool Whip: Light and, of course, fluffy. And each container of sweet goo costs only 79 cents...
...ease up in the sentencing phase, offering the possibility of eight years of juvenile detention followed by a psychological reassessment and, potentially, parole. "It's too early to say how the judge will sentence Abraham," says Christian. "But there is a realization, in this case, at least, that this boy is still a boy...
...goes to Barcelona, hoping to find Esteban's father, whom the boy never knew. There, by chance or fate, she meets her flock: Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz), a nun who deserves many fretful prayers, and her bitter mom (Rosa Maria Sarda); Huma Rojo (Paredes), an actress who is playing Blanche in the touring production of Streetcar that Manuela and her son had seen in Madrid; Huma's druggie lover Nina (Candela Pena); and Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a transsexual prostitute who has raised artifice to a philosophy. "You are more authentic," this dear creature says, "the more you resemble what...
That tour de force was followed by Sena Naslund's Ahab's Wife, in which young Una Spencer goes to sea disguised as a boy and eventually encounters Melville's legendary whaling captain. Marriage and a child follow before Ahab goes off to chase Moby Dick and Una becomes a freethinker, abolitionist and, in time, Ishmael's significant other...
They slapped me around in the beginning. I wasn't a "good boy," but as time went on, I learned it didn't pay to be a smart aleck. There were mock trials. I said, "I will not answer any of your questions." The next day they marched me to a large hall. They said, "Here is a piece of paper. If you don't answer these questions by the count of 10, we'll shoot you." They put a gun to my head and started counting...