Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prime-time success of The Simpsons (the medium's best-written series, no question, no competition) and the cult appeal of Nickelodeon's gross-out, only slightly homoerotic Ren & Stimpy is matched in daytime slots by cartoon shows from Disney and Fox. In commercials and music videos, in Nintendo games and as a top-selling portion of the videocassette market, animation appeals both to adults nostalgic for their Roadrunner days and to ) kids, whose attention span just about carries them from one frenetic cartoon frame to the next. "Video has made children discriminating consumers of cartoons," says Simpsons creator Matt...
...where there's a popular Disney cartoon, there will soon be a sound-track album, a best-selling videocassette, a Genie cookie jar, a new ride to lure the customers to the Disney parks. He also knows that cartoon characters, and the folks who animate them, don't get gross profit points in the dozen theatrical rereleases and possible sequels. Last year the studio exhumed its 1961 feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians for theaters and took in $60 million -- most of it clear profit...
...news allowed George Bush to charge that when Democrats say "everything is going to hell . . . they're wrong." To be sure, the unexpectedly strong 2.7% third-quarter rise in gross domestic product -- the nation's output of goods and services -- was the best news in months. Unfortunately, it might not be quite as good as it looked; the increase resulted partly from a rise in inventories, which could translate as a pile-up of unsold goods. Other figures gave a highly mixed picture: personal income and consumer spending up, durable-goods orders and consumer confidence down. Even mixed news...
...first day of gross anatomy lab, students don white jackets. They "double-glove" to protect their hands from formaldehyde and the coldness of the body's insides. Some students choose to "triple-glove...
Some students may have decided to keep a special "gross anatomy" outfit in their locker outside the lab, feeling that clothes are unfit to be worn after eight weeks of formaldehyde saturation...