Word: pinocchio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Places like Elsie's and Pinocchio's pretty much have a lock on the student sandwich dollar, but there are other places; places which sell not only sandwiches but also candy bars and fruit pies in boxes...
...developmental psychology at Cornell University, says abuse accusations in custody cases appear to be less prevalent now than they were five years ago. Moreover, a 13-year-old is less likely to be coerced into imagining abuse than a pre-schooler is. Still, Ceci cautions, "there is no Pinocchio test. The child's nose doesn't grow longer when he tells you something that is factually untrue." Absent physical evidence -- bruises, photographs -- only the adult and, perhaps, the child know if the charge is true...
...Boston Pops treatment suits the Disney catalog, which boasts six Oscar winners, from When You Wish upon a Star (Pinocchio) through Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South) to A Whole New World (Aladdin). The costumes are meticulous, right down to the tiny red bow on Minnie Mouse's knickers. The oversize character heads bring coos of recognition from the littlest audience members. And the numbers are neatly sung and danced...
...self-esteem and positive racial identity. We overloaded her toy box with black dolls. We carefully monitored the racial content of TV shows and videos, ruling out Song of the South and Dumbo, two classic Disney movies marred by demeaning black stereotypes. But we saw no harm in Pinocchio, which seemed as racially benign as Sesame Street or Barney, and a good deal more engaging. Yet now our daughter was saying she wanted to be white, to be like the puppet who becomes a real boy in the movie. How had she got that potentially soul-destroying idea and, even...
...fact, 1992 could have been titled "Pinocchio Runs for Re-election." Bush pledged to cut government spending, yet he spent each campaign appearance tossing out pork barrel projects as if he were Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. He debased himself at the feet of his ex-Secretary of State, pledging to keep Jim Baker at the State Department, but then promising to appoint him Domestic Policy Czar and later Chief of Staff. Heck, to win the Catholic vote, Bush would have appointed Baker pope, but the job was already filled...