Word: boxed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...employee of Tommy's Pizza notified the CPD that two white males known to him made several threatening phone calls and then threw a lit pizza box into the doorway of the eatery. The suspects had been ejected from the premises earlier that evening...
Today, Israelis will go to the ballot box to elect a new prime minister. There are now only two contenders for the premiership: Likud leader and incumbent Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu and Labor Party Chief Ehud Barak. Three other candidates, Centrist Yitzchak Mordechai, Israeli-Arab leader Azmi Bishara and hawk Zeev "Benny" Begin bowed out of the race in the 11th hour...
...does it ever. Fun sells lunch boxes, clothing, records heck, even toothbrushes (I still have a set at home). And, oh yes, fun sells toys. Lots of them. Originally, the Star Wars line of toys consisted of only seven figures inexpensively manufactured by Sears along with a handful of cardboard (yes, cardboard) playsets. The entire stock of toys sold out in a matter of weeks. Enter Kenner Toys and a line of 93 figures, countless vehicles and elaborate playsets. Sum total: over $350 million in box-office and related sales. (And that's in '70s dollars.) Star Wars...
...whenever someone buys a T-shirt with the name of the latest summer block-buster, whenever someone's cereal box contains a movie-related prize, whenever someone picks up a book "based on the movie" or a cd of music "inspired by the film," he or she is continuing a tradition started by none other than Lucas himself. It's a distinctly American tradition. (Of course, it's based on commerce!) Its basic precept is that what sells in one area will sell in others. More importantly, what is popular in one form can be even more popular in another...
...spawning the creation of a successful movie franchise and several more television series. In contrast, George Lucas' Star Wars phenomenon debuted not on the small screen, but on the silver screen in 1977, with Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. With Episode I on the way, many expect box office records to be shattered again...