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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years. That's how long ago the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the original clackers, which were often made of ceramic. Connected by ropes, they sometimes shattered on impact. But the 1990s model is made entirely of plastic and is apparently harmless -- except to the sanity of adults. (Retail prices: $1.50 to $5.) One company to thank for this is Classic Items of Chicago. It has sold 2.5 million of its version, the Klika, since April. A Seattle company, Fascinations Toys and Gifts, has sold 900,000 of its Newton's Yo-Yo. Competition for the cacophonous market share...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: Hey, Kid: Cut It Out! | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

This is an excellent opportunity for seniors and recent alumni to explore the range of training programs in management, consulting, manufacturing, investment banking, communications, retail, teaching and many other industries. Now is your chance to find out what positions are available with which companies. Put the rumors to rest and speak first hand with company representatives. Take the opportunity to discuss their company, the competition, and the industry...

Author: By Marc Cosentino, | Title: CAREER FORUM 1990 | 10/19/1990 | See Source »

...attended the Professional Children's School in Los Angeles with the offspring of other famous people. "My life was like this kind of enviable weird thing that I spent my life apologizing for." Mother Debbie rebounded, marrying retail footwear magnate Harry Karl, who eventually drank and gambled his way through his millions and into debts large enough to swallow her fortune too. The bright starry life-style collapsed by 1972 into a Saturnian world with concentric rings of emotional pain, financial instability and psychological drama. "My mom had the breakdown for the family, and I went into therapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIE FISHER: A Spy In Her Own House | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

Executors of the King's estate have licensed the sale of a new Presley spray cologne that will retail at $19.50. No, it doesn't smell like a sweaty towel or a blue suede shoe; the scent is described as a "contemporary, masculine blend of woods, herbs and amber." Read: a good-ole-boy's Old Spice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart Marketing Rhinestone Belt | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...global marketplace, however, has become so interconnected that trade wars don't make much more sense than real wars. Issues that once were strictly internal -- Japan's retail distribution system, European price supports for farmers, the U.S. budget deficit -- have become legitimate subjects of international negotiation. This suggests that the emerging world economy will dictate a new and more limited concept of sovereignty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Second American Century | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

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