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Word: muppets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Some people designate themselves as muppet fans or Beatles fans," Sparagana says. "Some people want to bring pets, including lizards and snakes, but we tell them...

Author: By Laura E. Rosenbaum, | Title: Six Guys Named J. | 4/21/1997 | See Source »

...Muppet Treasure Island This amusing scavenger hunt mixes live video with those memorably saccharine characters kids love. ($39.95; Activision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOFTWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...evenings (The Secret World of Alex Mack) but rather with repeats of its weekday cartoons like the clever Rugrats, as well as reruns of older Saturday-morning shows that were canceled by the major networks years ago. "When Nickelodeon is able to beat broadcast networks with repeats of Muppet Babies and Beetlejuice," notes Jamie Kellner. head of the WB, "it suggests the matter goes far beyond programming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: TROUBLE IN TOONTOWN | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...hand, moving thumb and index finger to simulate a mouth. Born Wenceslao Moreno, he imitated voices as a child. He worked as an amateur bullfighter but, after being gored repeatedly, took up circus juggling. Later his ventriloquist act achieved worldwide fame. In his mid-80s he appeared on the Muppet Show and Late Night With David Letterman; he also toured briefly in the musical Sugar Babies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 29, 1996 | 4/29/1996 | See Source »

...state's other Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison, wants more. Unless an extra $158 million is allotted (which would equal the House sum), Hutchison says, she will vote against the vital reconciliation bill. "I really don't get it," says Gramm, peering over his gold-rimmed aviator glasses, his Muppet-like head bobbing plaintively, "but this is the be-all and end-all for Kay. I don't care about this Medicaid thing myself but I'm being made to look like a wimp. Me, Phil Gramm, a wimp. You've got to save me here. Talk to her; make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GRAMMSTANDER: Phil Gramm | 11/27/1995 | See Source »

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