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...Clara sneaks to the drawing room to find the nutcracker and falls asleep briefly, only to wake to find herself surrounded by a horde of enormous mice. As the room and everything in it (except Clara) grows to a monstrous size, the nutcracker comes to life and leads the toy soldiers into battle against the mice. With a little help from Clara, he defeats the mouse king and is transformed by Drosselmeyer into a handsome prince. After a lovely interlude in a snowy forest, Clara and her nutcracker travel in a magic balloon to the Kingdom of Sweets, where they...

Author: By Christiana Briggs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Boston Ballet's 'Nutcracker' a Feast for the Eyes | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...part of an engineered package: expect little containers of green slime and robotic Weebo's under every Christmas tree this year. "The movie's forgettable," even Disney seems to admit, "so why not buy a toy to help you remember...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Flubberiffic!: Attack of the Green Goo | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

Miller forecasted that the stores expecting the greatest sales gains are toy and electronics retailers...

Author: By Jason M. Goins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Retailers Upbeat On Holiday Season | 12/2/1997 | See Source »

...potential wealth it promises. Only one maverick breaks the unanimity of the town's acceptance. Bailey, played haphazardly by Doug Floyd, questions the wisdom of having such a destructive potential in such a fragile surrounding. More importantly, he questions man's wisdom to tamper with natural balances, to toy with the atom...

Author: By David Dalquist, | Title: Almost Is Not Enough | 11/29/1997 | See Source »

...time around. They urge Clinton to pursue an ill-defined diplomatic solution, ratcheting up the pressure until Saddam blinks. Clinton would love to prevail in that fashion, but he's not holding his breath. He knows that Saddam responds to diplomatic wrist slaps the way a tank does to toy guns. The watered-down resolution passed last week by the U.N. Security Council, which hit Iraq with a ban on official travel, must be laughable to a dictator who rarely leaves his country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FACING DOWN A DESPOT | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

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