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...around for decades - the most popular searches include "Barbie," "Lego" and my favorite childhood toy, "Hot Wheels." New-guard toys, like "Bratz," "American Girl" and "Transformers," round out the list. The biggest difference between modern toys and those of yore is perhaps the webification of the former. If the fine print on packages once read "batteries not included," get ready to see a new disclaimer on toys of the future: "social network included." The increasingly popular Ganz toy "Webkinz," for example, seems at first glance like a simple stuffed animal, but it actually comes complete with its own online persona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Holiday Hot List | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...identity--not necessarily a politicized identity but that much simpler and more profound feeling of unselfconsciously belonging to a people. Here was a kid, accountable in the world as a black, being raised by whites--mother, grandmother, and grandfather. Nothing in the world wrong with this. In fact, the fine young man that Obama became has to be credited in large part to the devotion of his extraordinary mother--a woman who, in Indonesia, got her young son up at 4 five days a week to run him through English lessons before his Indonesian school day even began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Identity Card | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

Powers also faces the possibility of a maximum sentence of up to three years in state prison, up to two years in a house of correction, a one-year driving license suspension, and a $1,500 fine, Venezia said...

Author: By and Rachel A. Stark, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS | Title: More Trees Near ’Poon Vandalized | 11/30/2007 | See Source »

...third step is really important in the question and answer period,” Motley said. “This was where the judges said Harvard really stood out.” “I am absolutely thrilled that these very fine students had the opportunity to represent Harvard University,” Friedman said. “This clearly reflects not just on them but on the department as well, and the department could not be more pleased...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Win Fed Challenge | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

...mediocre ranking reflects mixed performance. While funding is allocated relatively well along international guidelines, much of the country's aid is tightly earmarked for specific projects or comes as physical goods instead of cash - fine for those projects, but a big constraint on how recipients can respond to emergencies and unplanned events. The U.S. scores high grades collaborating with non-profit organizations, and excellent grades promoting accountability - second only to the E.U. But it's bottom of the pack in implementing international humanitarian and human rights laws, having refused to ratify key international treaties. Survey responses - though generally more favorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: US Ranked Low in Humanitarian Aid | 11/29/2007 | See Source »

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