Word: nintendos
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lighting come from the sky or the ground?" I quiz a physicist hurrying home in the rain. "Are people more like monkeys or apes?" I ask a biologist finishing off a banana. "How do you get stuff to explode?" I query a chemist shooting-'em-up on a Super Nintendo. This is great fun--and occasionally even educational when I stay awake long enough for the answers ("Both," "Apes" and "Shut up! I'm at the end of the %#@$! level," respectively...
...schools across America, Abercrombie is shorthand for popular. "They've shot out from nowhere to become part of teen culture," says Michael Woods, vice president of Teenage Research Unlimited. Last year kids ranked A&F as the sixth coolest brand--up from 11th, and passing Levi's and Nintendo--according to a recent TRU survey. And A&F's place in youthography was officially sealed in the rap song Summer Girls, by Lyte Funkie Ones: "When I met you I said my name was Rich;/You look like a girl from Abercrombie Fitch...
When the designated free time arrives, Robert Ostler plays checkers with his son at a steel table in the common room. "I've grounded him. No TV. No Nintendo," says the burly truck driver with a weary sigh. "I've tried to lock his bike up. Nothing worked." He frowns at Matthew, who pretends not to hear while contemplating his next move...