Word: productions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oldest of U.S. twin study groups, says the "mechanism for change is laid down the moment a child is conceived" and that the genes provide a "rough sketch of life." Some psychologists who stress the influence of genes on behavior often speak as if nurture were a by-product of nature. "All of us make our own environment," says Developmental Psychologist Sandra Scarr of the University of Virginia. Lykken makes the same point: "The environment molds your personality, but your genes determine what kind of environment you have, seek and attend to." Since the early 1960s, several twin studies have...
...teens and tykes. Injuries from ATVs have bounded from 8,600 in 1982 to 85,900 in 1985, and there have been 559 deaths. Of those hurt or killed, 46% were under 16, and almost half of these were younger than twelve. Citing these figures, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking for an end to models for riders under twelve. "Children lack the strength, motor skills and perception to operate ATVs," says Nick Marchica, head of the commission's ATV task force...
...second section in the under-the-tree collection rests on the need to . . . baby it. Toys marketed for boys still hold the high-tech edge. In the girls' department, the wildly popular My Little Pony is a product line featuring simple anthropomorphic equines made to be fussed over, just as Cricket and Baby Talk are dolls meant to be cared for, changed and charged up with generous quantities of batteries to operate their voices and make their faces move. Baby Talk comes up with provocative dialogue like "I love you" and "Turn me over" (lines certain to elicit a lively...
...economy is expected to keep on kicking long enough to break that record. TIME's Board of Economists, which met last week in Manhattan, predicted that America's gross national product will expand another 2.8% during 1987, compared with an estimated 2.4% this year and 2.9% in 1985. "I see no real break in the stride of the expansion. It will be long but not strong," said Board Member Walter Heller, who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson...
...Grand Hotel, but life at Vermont's quaint old Stratford Inn is far from routine. For example, here comes the hotel's slow-witted handyman George Utley (Tom Poston) to unveil the latest product from his workshop: a wooden replica of Mount Rushmore featuring the face of Mr. Green Jeans. Stephanie Vanderkellen (Julia Duffy), the pampered Wasp princess who works at the inn as a maid, goes through the motions of dusting, but she is concentrating on putting her TV-producer boyfriend Michael (Peter Scolari) in his place, which is at her feet groveling. And just when a little order...