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Word: pistachios (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...emptied our pockets because of the obligation we feel toward our ethnic Albanian brothers in Kosovo," he says. Indeed, just last month the farmer sank his entire life savings--$8--into an account to help collect food and supplies for Kosovo's refugees. In return, Bejadini was given a pistachio-colored receipt with no inscription of the collector's name or the purpose of the donation. The voucher--now neatly folded in four--holds pride of place in Bejadini's empty wallet, next to the picture of his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fighting Chance | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

Deconstruction everywhere. Retro is getting tired. Until they start making ice cream flavors in Postmodern Pistachio Pastiche, this headlong rush to reassemble everything from its self-conscious rubble can still be stomached. Put postmodernism in your mouth and you'll find it's indigestible. Thankfully, and refreshingly, kitsch-pop masters Pizzicato Five can still render postmodernism an enjoyably tasteful joy ride. They trip through safe and smiley TV-land in a jalopy heap slapped together from '60s and jap pop, hip hop beats, funk threads, classical samples, bossa nova riffs and exotica, running on smooth easy-listening gas. Maki Nomiya...

Author: By By PHUA Mei pin, | Title: Album Review: The International Playboy and Playgirl Record by Pizzicato Five | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

Deconstruction everywhere. Retro is getting tired. Until they start making ice cream flavors in Postmodern Pistachio Pastiche, this headlong rush to reassemble everything from its self-conscious rubble can still be stomached. Put postmodernism in your mouth and you'll find it's indigestible. Thankfully, and refreshingly, kitsch-pop masters Pizzicato Five can still render postmodernism an enjoyably tasteful joy ride. They trip through safe and smiley TV-land in a jalopy heap slapped together from '60s and jap pop, hip hop beats, funk threads, classical samples, bossa nova riffs and exotica, running on smooth easy-listening gas. Maki Nomiya...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, | Title: Pizzicato Five The International Playboy and Playgirl Record Matador | 4/30/1999 | See Source »

...their attempt to include everyone in on the fun, the students splashed the dust-like colors all over the clearing, the tables set with Indian foods such as coconut chum chum and pistachio burfee--and the reporter...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Celebrate Hindu Festival | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

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