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...runaway smash alone would not solve the woes of the toy business. Toy stores see little Christmas cheer in tackling the big-box discounters Target and Wal-Mart, and many are shutting down. Since last season's brutal price war--led by Wal-Mart--KB Toys and FAO Schwarz have closed roughly 600 stores between them. Toys are increasingly merchandised as impulse items at drugstores, supermarkets and even coffee shops. Starbucks has sold loads of the Cranium board game. KB, operating under bankruptcy protection, says it will close 164 of its remaining 820 stores in January. FAO now consists...

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

...ASTONISHING X-MEN Written by Joss Whedon; Illustrated by John Cassaday The smash series of '04 continues with the "Dangerous" story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telescoping | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...We’re going to smash the record for [voter] turnout,” Einkauf said, and added that last year’s number of voters had already been surpassed...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Facebook Endorses Glazer for President | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

...breach the mosque and allow Iraqi Intervention Forces to search it, the U.S. employed a Bradley to smash the compound's walls after 25-mm cannon rounds failed to dent its iron gates. The Wolf Pack searched and secured a three-story building, taking a high spot overlooking the mosque and its minaret. At night it almost felt safe inside, but daylight brought the snipers and insurgent cells out into the streets. The attack started in the east but was soon joined by shooting from the north. From three edges of the roof, the soldiers fired at the insurgents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Hot Zone | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

Those expecting Cambridge voter turnout to smash previous records were disappointed to see only moderate gains...

Author: By Jeffrey P. Amlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Local Turnout Creeps Upward | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

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