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Well-nourished babies in Honduras look like well-nourished babies everywhere--plump, active, alert. In rural Honduran towns, there's now one more way to identify them: look for a little blue pin next to their names on one of Vicky Alvarado's healthy-eating charts. A child earning one of those is a child getting a fair shot at life...
...looking to her as my idol. Even the consistently classic Cabbage Patch form has diluted the name by adding on new products such as mini-Cabbage Patch “Pop Star” dolls, because “American Idol” is certainly fitting for a decidedly plump, dimpled kneed figure.My vastly growing 1980s children’s movies collection is sure to ensure that in the very distant future, my children will live warped little lives where they understand nothing of current programming, because I will have deemed it unworthy and instead they will be enriched...
...women. Aware - and somewhat chagrined - that they'll never be the shapeliest beauties in the room, classic Balasko characters waste no time trying to seduce with verbal niceties or polite formalities. Adapting that approach to a more wounded and vulnerable persona, Berry first created a stir as the plain, plump, unfairly named Lolita in Look At Me, who tries desperately to win affection in a world dominated by a famous, self-obsessed father. She followed up with another impressive portrayal as the teenage double-bass virtuoso and aspiring jazz musician Hannah, whose sweet struggles with sexist bandmates, a stiflingly affectionate...
While the traveling company of “Hairspray” no doubt delighted Bostonians on the quaint yet elegant Opera House stage, the touring group lacks the coveted flair and professionalism of this musical’s Broadway cast. “Hairspray” follows painfully plump teenager Tracy Turnblad as she auditions for and stars on “The Corny Collins Show,” a Mickey Mouse Club-esque variety TV program. Tracy’s road to stardom segues into a struggle to integrate the show when she makes friends with some...
...Princeton continues to trim the fat off of its slightly plump grade distribution, we hope Harvard is wise enough to avoid the same diet. Last Monday, Princeton Dean of the College Nancy W. Malkiel announced that the college was halfway toward its final goal of systematically reducing the number of A’s doled out by professors. The percentage of A-range grades issued by Princeton’s faculty fell from last year’s 46 percent to the current 40.9 percent, less than 6 percent shy of meeting the long-term goal of 35 percent...