Word: forli
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Discipline. To see what could be done, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Henry Kearns journeyed to Hong Kong fortnight ago. Said Kearns to a meeting of Hong Kong garment leaders for the second time in a year: "Don't reduce your exports. Just don't ship unduly heavy...
As Christmas toy buying started with a rush last week, retailers predicted that 1959 will be the most successful year in the history of the U.S. toy industry. Total retail sales will reach $1,650,000,000, an 18% increase over 1958. Not only are toymakers selling more, but the...
Biggest seller among the high-priced toys is a $30, bright-eyed, 3-ft.-tall plastic doll built like a three-year-old girl. The Ideal Toy Corp.'s Patti Play Pal has surprised even its makers, who shipped 500,000 dolls, found her copied by at least six...
Space-toy sales this year are sparked by new touches of realism. Explains Remco Industries President Saul Robbins: "Instead of the old Buck Rogers fantasy of flapping from one planet to another with a vaporizing gun, we're emphasizing land-based space. Children have to have something they can...
Science games and kits this year have become so sophisticated that they promise to baffle many a father. Science Materials Center offers a high-priced ($18.95) digital computer circuit and demonstrates the principle of atomic theory with a Dynatron electrostatic generator ($19.95). Among the popular-science sellers: the Porter Chemical...