Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Selchow's value has fallen because Trivial Pursuit proved to be a fad. The manufacturer's annual sales of the game plunged from $400 million two years ago to roughly $50 million now, estimates Paul Valentine, a toy-industry analyst. In contrast, Coleco's Cabbage Patch annual sales rose 11% last year, to $600 million...
...real estate became an obsession with the Baby Boomers. Demand outstripped supply: while new housing starts rose by only 11% in the 1970s, the total of outstanding mortgage loans tripled. Those who rented in that inflationary decade watched helplessly as the price of homes took off. People born late in the generation found that home prices were out of sight even before they entered the housing market. The tales were particularly grim in fashionable high-priced areas like Manhattan, where would-be yuppies desperate for affordable housing have even moved, VCRs and all, into rundown "single-room occupancy" hotels, sharing...
...Concerns rose sharply over the safety of residents of Kiev, 80 miles from the disaster, and the surrounding area. Though officials first said the April 26 accident posed no danger to the third largest Soviet city (pop. 2.4 million), Kievans were told last week to wash often and keep their windows closed. They were further warned against eating lettuce and swimming outdoors. In the city, water trucks hosed down streets to wash away radioactive dust, and police conducted spot checks for radiation. Kiev's 250,000 schoolchildren will be let out of classes two weeks early for summer vacation...
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