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Word: stuffers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Priced at $90, the toy is more expensive than the average stocking stuffer. But it comes with headphones, a high-resolution screen and an accessory called Video Link that enables players to hook two machines together for head-to-head competition. Not all the games involve zapping; some call for role playing. Nintendo hopes the diversity of the games will help attract girls, who represent 25% of Game Boy's following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIDEO GAMES New Boy on The Block | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...game business, yesterday's craze is today's closet stuffer. And no company knows that better than Coleco. Its cuddly Cabbage Patch Kids were once every small child's dream, but sales peaked in 1985 and have been falling ever since. In 1986 Coleco made a seemingly shrewd move in buying the company that held the license to the popular Trivial Pursuit game, but soon yuppies began to grow tired of asking one another questions like "Who played the Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: Trouble in the Cabbage Patch | 5/16/1988 | See Source »

Another nifty stocking stuffer is a disk drive cleaner ($5-$15), a handy little device to keep someone's disk drive reading loud and clear. Basically, a special disk is inserted into the disk drive, and it uses its non-abrasive cleaner to clean the read-write head...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Holiday Gift Ideas for That `Significant Other' | 12/3/1986 | See Source »

Augustynski countered that it students are offered a title as a "resume stuffer" they will be more likely to want to participate than if there is no incentive to join

Author: By Margaret C. Ervin, | Title: Council Hears Report on Transfer Housing Policy | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

Banks must notify customers of the new law. Joseph Leonard, Massachusetts First Deputy Banking Commissioner, said that banks must post conspicuous signs to let customers known about the new law, and they must include an envelope stuffer in their next mailing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Banks Must End Check Fees for Some | 10/16/1984 | See Source »

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