As their 22-year-old unwraps a lollipop, they tell her to wait till after dinner.

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Researchers then covered the jars, took a lollipop out of each jar and covered the individual lollipop with a cup.

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It had a beautiful screwdriver in it, the orange translucent handle gleaming like a lollipop in its worn leather loop, the silvery shaft sculpted, sparkling.

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Buck, a bizarre cross between Peter Pan and Pee-wee Herman, lives a lollipop-sucking, perpetually prepubescent life with his harridan mother in a small town in central California.

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Whilst the majority welcomed the opportunity to talk to someone, and very few turned down a lollipop, there was some who were put off simply because it was run by Christians.

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Infants were first tested to see if they showed preference for a shiny pink lollipop or a black one.

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The app, "Dum Dums Lick-A-Pop, " would let players ingest a virtual Dum Dum lollipop by licking their smartphone before a clock ran out.

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John Osher, an entrepreneur had started a company that made a popular battery-operated lollipop.

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"The lollipop men and women do a really valuable job, " she said.

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Lollipop staff could lose their jobs as a west London council has decided to axe school crossing patrols.

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For local politicians, greenery is a welcome relief from duller concerns such as bin collections, lollipop ladies and parking charges.

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