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...success has also helped revive old board favorites. Sales this year of Scrabble sets are up 27%, to 2 million, and dollar sales of Parker Brothers' Clue are up 20%. Psychologists and sociologists are searching for an explanation for Trivial Pursuit's phenomenal popularity. Says Psychology Professor Ricki Levenson of New York University: "Trivia plugs into everybody's secret addiction to gossip. Knowledge of trivia, like the name of Princess Di's hairdresser, is mental junk food that people delight in consuming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booming Sales in Toyland | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

There's two gorgeous wrestlers, you see? A white one, Ricki Starr, played by Ricki Starr. And a black one called Lillywhite-don't you just love it? Ricki wears red ballet slippers and pirouettes in the ring. And Lilly has these terrific pectorals and wears a mask like Batman. He kind of falls for this absolutely sumptuous rock-'n'-roll singer, Christian, played by David Anthony. But before he can kidnap him, some wretched girls-the Touchables, they call themselves-capture Christian and spirit him away. They also steal some statues. The statues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Not to Be Believed | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...Ricki Radio Lieberman '68, addressing the rehearsal meeting, asked whether girls wanted to vote on the statement immediately or wait for the second rehearsal (scheduled for today). By an almost unanimous hand vote, the girls decided to vote immediately...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Seniors Vote to Support Men Who Refuse to Serve in Army | 6/11/1968 | See Source »

...RICKI RADLO LIEBERMAN...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Marshal Candidates | 2/20/1968 | See Source »

...White House have been rather distressing in recent years. During the Eisenhower occupancy there were the schmalzy tunes of Hildegarde and Lawrence Welk. Before that, Oscar Levant played for company, but in the family circle there were the shaky soprano of Margaret Truman and her father's ricki-tick piano. Going back to the F.D.R. years, there was Kate Smith. Last week the Kennedys changed all that, with an evening of chamber music that sent shards of rapture through the world of serious music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: An Evening with Casals | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

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