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...suede Pokemon chain Elian wore when he arrived from Washington, a capitalist contrast to the Young Communist Pioneer scarves that dozens of his shouting, flag-waving Cuban classmates donned to greet him. In a calculated show of political restraint, Castro didn't come to the airport to hail the pint-size icon. Instead, he broadcast a Cuban animated cartoon character to welcome Elian on national television--Elpidio Valdes, the patriotic, machete-swinging colonel who tells children to eat their vegetables, brush their teeth, and recently exhorted them to march against Elian's imperialist "Miami kidnappers." It was a cuddlier reminder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can One Little Boy Make A Difference? | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

Good news for purveyors of pint-size coats and ties: School uniforms are storming back onto public school curriculums. The latest evidence of this trend came Monday when the Philadelphia school board approved a plan requiring each of the school system's 217,000 students to ditch their logo tees and up-to-the-minute fashion statements in favor of school-mandated shirts, skirts and pants (to be decided by each principal). In doing so, the city became the largest school district in the nation to adopt such a policy, which educators believe helps focus kids' attentions away from their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Schools, It's Good-bye Hilfiger, Hello Blazer | 5/9/2000 | See Source »

...Here's a little advice for Shan M. Chang: The next time you have to wait to be seated at Temple Bar, relax and have a drink instead of wasting this community's time with unfounded and irresponsible claims of discrimination. You may find that you enjoy sharing a pint with friends even more than you enjoy complaining about a racially motivated 10 minute wait...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

...PINT-SIZE PLAINTIFF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

...light of this powerful wisdom from a pint-sized pop icon, the answer is simple. Golf needs to start stroking the American people better than it has in the past. Or else, one day the sport of golf will discover that Americans have responded to its unchanging ambivalence with "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?" and changed the channel in favor of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" or "Walker, Texas Ranger...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Different Strokes for Golf | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

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