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Word: pint (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is an "only" movie. It does nothing important, like contributing to racial harmony or revealing decade-old Soviet naval secrets. It declines to offer the machine-tooled warmth of your standard screen romance. It won't even keep the kids occupied on a Saturday afternoon. Miami Blues, a pint-size character comedy with a body count, is only a terrific picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cocktail With Rum and Cyanide | 4/23/1990 | See Source »

...college students can use the Law School's pint-size, dilapidated gym for no charge, but the Business School's spacious, modern facility is strictly off-limits. I guess doddering B-School deans feel we're too immature to play squash with tomorrow's inside traders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The UC and Shad Hall | 2/24/1990 | See Source »

...Ridge, Tenn., explore a model coal mine. In New York City, make-believe media moguls produce their own sitcoms in a TV studio. A decade ago, it would have been hard to find such innovative exhibits in children's museums. For the most part, those museums were pint-size versions of adult institutions, where kids were expected to keep their mouths shut and their hands in their pockets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Children's Museums Get a New Look | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Grocery shopping and tots usually don't mix. Putting the little ones in the & shopping cart means less room for groceries, and letting them roam free in the aisles has its own hazards. But at least two food chains have come up with a savvy solution: pint-size shopping carts for children to push -- and fill -- right along with Mom or Dad. A&P has supplied eight of its stores in the Northeast with the little carts, while Florida-based Publix is using them in the Southeast. A&P imports the carts from West Germany at a cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPERMARKETS: A Cart of One's Own | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

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