Word: item
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...respite. Under the burden of the characters' problems, and in the recounting of their riot experiences, lives a realism far stronger than footage of a burning building or the photograph of a beaten man. Further, while the riots were wrapped up by the media and dismissed as another news item of 1992, the conflict in Twilight remained unresolved. As a non-fiction work, the conflict that was opened by the monologues, remained opened and messy at the plays conclusion. When a peaceful ending was denied, and the unsettling reality of the play remained, the fragmented aesthetic of the production became...
...such advanced agents allow you to easily select the product you want, analyze the prices and features offered by a variety of Internet vendors and purchase the desired item with the click of the mouse button. Some of the agents even allow you to search Internet classifieds and auctions along with traditional e-commerce vendors. Above all, these agents make on-line shopping fun and easy. And with the ability to comparison-shop a large number of vendors, you are bound to get a pretty good deal...
...what's next. This has happened before (more about Cabbage Patch Kids in a minute), but the creation of the Furby--more important, the invention of a Furby craze--has set a new standard for an absurd game. Unlike even Tickle Me Elmo, the Furby became a must-have item this Christmas before almost any kid had made...
Much Furby hype originated with the geek-chic set. The magazine you're reading is partly responsible. After Toy Fair '98, TIME ran a Techwatch item mentioning them. USA Today also noticed, and after an electronics fair in May, CBS This Morning did a segment. That ginned up interest last summer, even though Furby's complicated innards meant it wouldn't be ready for stores until fall...
...never fails. You're sitting in your doctor's examining room wrapped in a paper gown. You've asked every question you can think of and tried to absorb the rapid-fire answers. But when you get home, you realize there's one maybe-not-so-urgent item you left out. Do you a) call your doctor's office and play telephone tag for the next three days, or b) log on to the Internet and seek out an online physician...