Word: malling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Spielbergian fantasy: lost child meets the Dead Parents Society. The story doesn't advance; it just piles up, like a multiple-car wreck. And its whimsy is spiked with way too much spite. In this nightmare replay of Toy Story, everything is demolished: a pretty old home, a local mall, an innocent town. It's destruct-o-rama, kids! Fun for the whole dysfunctional family! Because it exploits children's weakness for noise, clutter and anarchy, Jumanji is a perfect Christmas gift--for Bob Dole. Let's see if the Movie Morals Monitor goes after a PG film that really...
EVERY TIME I SEE A FAVORITE WOODLAND area laid waste for yet another shopping mall, I gnash my teeth and think, Well, I have just lived too long and become a moss-backed old grump. But by jingo, it ain't true! Your Hubble space photos have put the wonderment back into my life! What's a little more concrete on an obscure planet circling a minor star compared to the crushing and splendiferous grandeur of all that's going on out there? WALTER MITCHELL JR. Dunwoody, Georgia...
...restructuring brought on by too few shoppers and too many stores. Retailers have nearly doubled their selling space since 1985, bringing it to a ratio of 19 sq. ft. for every man, woman and child in the U.S. "There will be closed and empty stores in almost every single mall in the country," says retail analyst Walter Loeb. "Some customers are going to feel like they're shopping in ghost towns...
...50th Veterans' Day since the end of World War II. Church bells will peal at 11 a.m., 50,000 active and veteran servicemen and -women will march up Fifth Avenue in New York City, and President Clinton will dedicate the site for a World War II memorial on the Mall in Washington. Wreaths will be laid, flags saluted, taps blown and countless speeches delivered to honor those who served in what's been called the Good War. Then the nation will get back to business, and the business of the nation these days is balancing the budget, and if balancing...
...named Pocahontas. Right now, with How to Make an American Quilt, Now and Then and Home for the Holidays, the plexes are awash in sisterhood cinema. And male moviegoers aren't just staying home wishing Monday Night Football were on seven times a week. They are going to the mall to see whether these women's films just might have something for everyone...