Word: latters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There has been a striking bifurcation between toys that portray war and those that suggest the psychedelic peace symbols of the '60s. In the former catagory we have black and gray Voltrons, Zybots, Immortals of Change, Gobots, Grapplors, and the TV stars Masters of the Universe. The latter group includes the Glo Worm Musical World (remember the Plastic Exploding Inevitable?), Care Bear Cousins, Hugga Bunch Dolls, Pianosaurus, My Little Pony with Pony Wear Clothes and Jewelry, Baby Hugs or Tugs (take your pick, I guess), Rainbow Brite and Co., and finally the Cabbage Patch Dimensional Gift...
...camouflage jacket and a Confederate "Forget hell!" hat who may well have been the Imperial Wizard, and another man who looked unnervingly like Charles Manson. When I wasn't choking on the fumes of the former's Camels, I was gagging in the acrid smoke of the latter's home-grown monstrosities...
Phillips and Webster look to be the heart and sole of the Crimson offense. The former has shown the ability to stick it from anywhere within 18 feet of the basket, and the latter combines good outside shooting and the ability to drive with unmatched intensity...
...private individuals, even via government-funded work-study programs, is a good idea. Ideally we would all do our fair share and public tax dollars, representing the hours a person has worked, should be no different from the hours a citizen would give by direct involvement. In fact, the latter can encourage a sense of community belonging as well as prove more emotionally satisfying than writing checks...
...there's the rub. Behaviorism is not compatible with our current conception of personal responsibility, for the latter arises from free will, which the behaviorist denies. There are no bad people, the behaviorist argues, only bad environments. For the behaviorist, society is on trial in every case...