Word: dressing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chinese press frequently runs cautionary tales of cozened brats. A cartoon in Chinese Youth, for example, depicts an obese child lying in a bed littered with toys, stuffing himself with cakes and milk served by Mother, while Father stands ready to dress him. In his column in the China Daily, Xu Yihe writes disapprovingly of Jiajia, a friend's pampered daughter who barely budges to prepare for school in the morning. While Jiajia sits on her bed, says Xu, "her mother combs her hair, her grandmother feeds her breakfast, her grandfather is under the table putting her shoes...
...help remedy the situation, crash courses for newlyweds and parents-to-be are being conducted across the country. Bookstores are stocking up on child- care books. Schools and summer camps teach children how to dress, cook and do household chores. Says Mao: "We ask mothers to offer a childhood that is more than just chocolate plus toys, to teach the child to be courteous, collective- oriented and self-reliant. That way, they will not become little emperors." What are parents to do when a child throws a tantrum? Do not give in to blackmail, says Fang. "Let the child...
...office, a studio with a piano and an exercise room, where he cycles 40 minutes a day while watching old movies to avert a repetition of the mild heart attack that stunned him in 1979. Once a little pudgy, his short frame is now trim. But he does not dress to show it off: his clothing, like his manner, is no- nonsense informal and definitely not extravagant. Jewish by birth but not religious, Sondheim became no more so through his brush with death. Of the idea of an afterlife, he says, "I never think about it." But after years...
...even though their sentiments may be similar to those of mainstream American teens, their dress, music and ideas certainly...
Dock Martin army boots, a Bomber jacket with an American flag on the back or on the shoulder, red suspenders and a hardcore t-shirt comprise the skinhead uniform. Women skinheads dress similarly but don a bandanna over their heads, with a few tufts of hair jutting out from underneath...