Word: peanut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Death by Peanut Butter...
Alpert and Wilson devised a formula of peanut butter and boric acid which is designed to attract ants, Liem said. Operation DEAD calls for the formula to be spread over cards and left around every room in the house...
...ants will feed on the peanut butter and take that to the queen and feed the queen," Liem explained. "Hopefully, the queen will die because of that...
...inexpensive guitar, he educated as well as entertained. When he sang about a giraffe named Joshua pining to leave the zoo, children learned to wonder about the feelings of animals. Thanks a Lot offered gratitude to a generic deity for the everyday goodness of life. His paeans to the peanut-butter sandwich, the horn on the bus, tooth brushing and bathtime were comforting confirmation to millions of squirming dissidents that while each of them is unique, their frustrations and fears...
What convinced Scott was an article in Zillions, a consumer report for kids that evaluates everything from peanut butter to video games. The bimonthly magazine (circ. 250,000) is published by the nonprofit Consumers Union, which has been doling out advice to adults in its Consumer Reports for the past 55 years. The difference is that Zillions delivers buying tips with savvy humor and snazzy graphic designs and that the products are tested by an unusual group of experts: the kids themselves. Says Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television: "Zillions figured out how to attract youngsters...