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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...items like My Little Pony also suggests that when kids do want traditional toys, the classics resonate. "Kids love horses and playing with hair, and My Little Pony speaks to that," says toy expert Byrne. A recent survey by the consulting firm Funosophy found that kids 6 to 8 prefer toys over consumer electronics 49% to 30%. Trouble is, kids a little older (9 to 11) favor the electronics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zapped! How the toy industry is being outplayed by video games this holiday season | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...cattle rancher, Combs is given to straight talking and no-nonsense solutions. "The stats are so clear, the problem so dire, the financial problems so enormous, can we not address it?" she asks. Her detractors call her the Food Nazi behind her back--to which she replies serenely, "I prefer czarina, not that they'll understand the difference." The sniping about lost revenues from PTA bake sales and vending machines just leaves her exasperated. "Are we going to sell marijuana to build gyms?" she says, relishing the hyperbole. "Well, the health-care consequences of this food are that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cafeteria Crusader | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...survey, 12% of locals could not tell their flag from Australia's. Some would prefer the banner above, depicting the silver fern, a Kiwi icon

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bagging Their Flags | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...Women prefer John Wayne to Tom Hanks any day,” Trager said in his candidacy speech. “I will be the John Wayne that this club so desperately needs...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: He’s No John Wayne, but that Doesn’t Stop this Senior From Dreaming | 12/16/2004 | See Source »

...just what Hollywood does…It’s all about the bottom line.” It’s hard to argue with the invisible hand of market demand. Why shouldn’t audiences be given what they want? If some (misguided) moviegoers prefer Brad Pitt over Takeshi Kaneshiro, that’s their loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Made In China | 12/15/2004 | See Source »

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