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...PURPLE AND GREEN AND 6 FT. tall, with perfect TV-anchor teeth and bright yellow toenails. He has a doofy chuckle and a bouncy waddle, and when he isn't singing syrupy songs ("I love you/ You love me/ We're a happy family"), he has a habit of exclaiming, "Stuuuupendous!" He gets 10,000 fan letters a week, and his recent tour of America's malls had to be cut short because the frenzied tens of thousands who turned out to catch a glimpse of him created safety hazards...
...which sell everything from jogging outfits to necklaces. "It's going to be the hottest toy this Christmas, because every two- to five-year-old child in America knows who Barney is," says Standard & Poor's toy analyst Paul Valentine. Next year Hasbro intends to market an 18- in.-tall talking Barney. Plans for a network-TV special, a Barney movie, a line of books and a record deal are all in the works. Watch your flank, Big Bird...
...Johnson's "Great Society." To encourage the children, he has set up an elaborate system of rewards for excellence in every category, amassing a treasure of parchment certificates and glittering trophies, medals and pins he hands out amid much fanfare. The outstanding student last year received a 4- ft.-tall trophy of walnut and brass replete with winged victories and a lamp of learning. "This is what the students need," says Pannell. "They need it tangible, and they need it immediate." Something appears to be working. Attendance rates, now running 93%, are finally expected to equal the district's system...
...skiing along on a bright sunny day, carefree and happy. Suddenly, a tall white object looms before your eyes. It's a mogul! It's an avalanche! It's Brooke Shields in a color-coordinated ski outfit...
...young. She's tall. And she's Massachusetts' only hope. Meet freshman center Melissa Gurile...