Word: kenner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...regaling explanations of piloting basics. In this third leg of what one hopes will become a longer publishing venture, Buckley clarifies the technical murk surrounding such navigational gadgetry as Loran- C, the satellite-assisted Global Positioning System and WhatStar, a computer program conceived by Buckley and Literary Critic Hugh Kenner. WhatNext...
...hits. Convertible robots, the surprise success of 1984, are back in droves. Tonka's GoBots, which reached sales of nearly $100 million last year, and Hasbro's Transformers, which brought in $114 million, have been challenged this year by two riveted rivals, Voltron and MASK. Produced by Cincinnati's Kenner Products, MASK is a line of seven ordinary-looking vehicles that bristle with hidden weapons. Rhino Rig, the flagship, converts from a common truck into a fearsome fighting machine...
...toys are warriors. The success of Kenner's cuddly Care Bears has prompted a toymaking rush to stuffed animals. The friskiest new critters in sales are Pound Puppies, a breed of soft, sad-eyed and bewrinkled hounds packaged in kennel-shaped carrying cases. They come in 80 different patterns of brown, tan, gray and white, and are meant to be "adopted," like Cabbage Patch Kids. The youngster who gets one can send to the manufacturer, Tonka, for a dog tag and ownership papers. Minnesota-based Tonka, which is diversifying from its traditional line of sturdy toy trucks, expects to sell...
...about Christmas? Not at all. With the toy industry headed toward a record $11 billion in retail sales this year, spot shortages of the most popular games and dolls are already appearing. Toy stores say they cannot stock enough of Rainbow Brite, Mattel's newest line of dolls. Kenner expects to ship 9 million of its fuzzy Care Bears, yet still cannot meet demand. Some 25 factories in Japan are turning out tiny robots called Transformers that can be changed into cars and dinosaurs, but 20% of retail orders are going unfilled. Even last year's smash...
...mise en scène,' and it catches the flavor of her whole life." Trouble is, Heymann's "flavor" often seems to leave a bad taste. His 1976 book Ezra Pound: The Last Rower contained what Heymann said was an original interview with the poet. Critic Hugh Kenner, however, found a remarkably similar one in an obscure Italian journal printed years before. Scholars have charged that Heymann's 1980 volume on the prominent Lowell family of Massachusetts, American Aristocracy, was filled with wrong dates and cultural howlers...