Word: seven
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Looking at a young man wearing a sideways baseball cap he asked, "Did you mug some seven year...
Freshman Kate Ides was the only other player in double figures for the Crimson, scoring 10 points to go along with seven rebounds...
Speaking in both Spanish and English, the students lit candles in memory of David Sanes, who was accidentally killed seven months ago during U.S. Navy test bombings on the island, which sits off the Puerto Rican coast...
...Seven-year-olds navigate unerringly through the minuscule screen that is the porthole to Pokedom, punching two tiny buttons and a cross-shaped cursor bar to find their way. It's a more difficult task for adults. But if you choose to play, you assume the role of a Pokemon trainer. Your goal is to travel the world collecting one of every Pokemon species. To acquire that collection, you need Pokemon to subdue Pokemon (they are then stored in handy containers called Pokeballs, hence the etymology of Pokemon, short for Pocket Monsters). The battles are mediated by the electronics...
...word origins, monster must demonstrate a moral, a lesson, a value. What values do the Pocket Monsters demonstrate? "Pokemon appeals to children's desire for mastery," says Stephanie Pratola, a child psychologist. "That begins to develop at age six or seven. There are so many things to master--the games, knowing all the rules for the cards, what makes a good trade." It's a world of expertise in which kids can revel, free from parents who don't understand the rules. Pratola says the marketers have taken huge advantage of this developmental niche among children, but she spreads...