Word: magically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Security is the magic word as parents push children to engage in "safe" jobs like doctors or lawyers. Business is shunned, and politics is the "p" word. Parents are often heard complaining about the lack of an Asian face in the election races, but suggest to them that their own son or daughter engage in the political world, and the tune changes fast...
...past two weeks have seen two number-one teams (Seattle Supersonics, Detroit Red Wings), two number-two squads (Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames) and two number-four teams (San Antonio Spurs, Orlando Magic) upset in the first round of the NBA and NHL playoffs...
...know this much for sure: The glory years are past. The Lakers, who won six world championships after migrating from Minneapolis, have finished out of the playoffs for the first time in years. Their coach and symbol of past greatness, the famous Earvin (Magic) Johnson, was so disgusted by their ineptitude that he left the team to start a cineplex in the inner city...
...middleman and market directly to an avid public. In malls throughout the U.S. and around the world, the 268 Disney Stores and the 67 owned by Warner sell not just the usual T shirts and gewgaws but the whole corporate cartoon experience, once removed. These outpost embassies for the Magic Kingdom and Warner's more raucous cartoon realm are more than stores: they are fun fairs, playgrounds, date destinations, suburban social centers...
...greatest of all Disney magic is the magic of copyright. More remarkable than Mickey or Dumbo or any other creation, pre- or post-Walt, has been the company's success in exploiting established franchises and accumulating new ones. Perhaps the most cunning Disney trick is to take fairy tales in the public domain and reinvent them as corporate property. A billion-dollar example is Beauty and the Beast, which has metamorphosed from a bedtime story known to every child into a megahit animated film (and an even bigger hit on video), a sound track, a theme-park attraction...