Word: hugs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soft-spoken Mister Rogers type, hands out flyers in food-stamp lines to encourage new mothers to sign up. Each day he drives out to visit one of the 35 families who have joined the program. "Hello, teacher!" shrieks Tonesha Sims, 2 1/2, running out of her house to hug him on a recent morning. Bailey spends an hour reviewing colors and numbers with the pigtailed toddler. As Bailey leaves, Tonesha begs, "Teacher, can I play with you next week?" Lottie Holloman, 68, her great-grandmother--and her guardian since Tonesha's mother, a drug addict, abandoned the girl...
...unleashed a force way beyond his control. After that, everyone expected to be kissed--especially those within the velvet rope who had paid $50,000 to $250,000 for the privilege. This being the '90s, even the men expected something on the order of a full-body-slam hug, followed by a half clasp so the photographer could get a picture. As those of us who have tried to put the brakes on air kissing could have warned Clinton, this is not going to stop at $50,000 contributors. Soon every voter at every town meeting is going to expect...
Tiger Stadium, which began life as Bennett Park in 1896, will be the first of the three to go. Twice in the past few years loyalists have surrounded the ball park and given it a hug to demonstrate their affection, but they are down to their last, futile lawsuit, and ground will soon be broken for a Camden Yards knockoff in a better neighborhood...
...different almost from the start? Investigators say that at the age of six months he was hospitalized for several weeks after suffering an allergic reaction to a drug. During that time, his parents were not allowed to hold or hug him. When he came home, they found him listless and withdrawn. In light of that early denial of human contact, investigators are intrigued by the fact that one of the Unabomber's early targets was James McConnell, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who eventually became well known for researching the benefits of sensory deprivation for autistic...
...clean!" marveled Dan, on first seeing the home of Space Mountain and giant Goofy impersonators. "I want to be worthy of living here!" exclaimed Roseanne's sister Jackie. Daughter Darlene was a sour holdout at first, but even she was won over--by a big hug from Winnie the Pooh...