Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then again, by the time shoppers enter the crumbling pink-shingled building that houses Dollar-a-Pound, couched between rows of immaculate glass skyscrapers and imposing MIT labs, they should know to expect something different...
...Shoplifters Will be Experimented On," a sign warns shoppers at Dollar-a-Pound. The rock music and pink and blue brick walls indicate they're not kidding...
Others, dressed in pink bathrobes or plaid pajama pants, gave polite nods and then closed their doors...
...leather-faced old man intently folded his pink ballot and slotted it into the box, I felt a slight lump in my throat. I'm a sucker for the rituals and realities of democracy, and here we were in the remote Chinese village of Liujiachang watching a thousand citizens in a schoolyard listen to campaign speeches and then vote for mayor. The incumbent, a slick young man elected three years ago, promised to lower taxes and improve irrigation. The challenger, older and more earthy, promised to open the village books for inspection and eloquently described how his own success...
JESSE VENTURA, 48, Minnesota PROS 6 ft. 4 in., 250 lbs.; former Navy SEAL and pro wrestler; was nicknamed "the Body"; unofficial state slogan: "My Governor can beat up your Governor." CONS Wore pink tights and a feather boa; now called "the Mind...