Word: minis
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Adams: A veritable mecca of cereal enjoyment. At last count, 17 different kinds of cereal. Granted, there are boxes of Crispix and Corn Flakes, but the Adams house resident can also dine on Froot Loops, Corn Pops, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Cap'n Crunch, Lucky Charms and a host of other tooth-rotting delights. Perhaps this wild array of artificial color and flavor helps to account for this house's decidedly non-conformist attitude. And after all, the first step towards tolerance is acceptance of others' cereal choices...
Today westerns are back, guns blazing. The immediate impetus is a series of unexpected hits: CBS's high-rated 1989 mini-series Lonesome Dove, based on Larry McMurtry's novel; the popular frontier series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; and a pair of Oscar-winning films, Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves and Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. They have been more than enough to set off a modern Hollywood version of the Oklahoma land rush...
...most popular pumpkin in the Square is not Linus's gigantic model of "Peanuts" fame, but the small orange gourds called "mini-pumpkins...
...Mini-pumpkins are also a hit item at Li'I Peach, where they sell for 60 cents. According to manager Simon H. Haidar, People buy them for their offices or their dorm rooms, then decorate or carve them...
Asked if he owned a pumpkin of his own, Haidar replied, "Since I don't cook and I don't carve, we have a little mini...