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Word: targetting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Tiger finished the Furby--on schedule, in October--many more parents than usual knew about the new toy. Initial shipments sold out almost immediately. Now Furbies vanish from Target stores within a few hours of arriving from China. The Web's eToys.com has so few left it will hold a Furby giveaway sweepstakes after Thanksgiving. "If we got 30,000 tomorrow, we could sell 30,000 tomorrow," says eToys exec Phil Polishook. They have only about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The Furby Flies | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...states in hopes of teaching gun safety and attracting fresh recruits to a sport whose participants are aging and dwindling, a sport in danger of losing its place in our national life. Says Heidi Prescott, national director of The Fund for Animals: "Both sides are going after the same target: the kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Hunt? | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...think it's part of TIME's mandate to explore issues that are both practical concerns and chewy ethical dilemmas, and this one seemed right on target. The hunters I know are among the most ardent environmentalists, yet it sometimes feels jarring to watch them trying to instill a love of nature in their kids while also teaching them to shoot animals. My eight-year-old daughter is a fanatic nature lover who also likes to fish, and someday she may want to learn to hunt. Our Lance Morrow, who is as comfortable with nature as with ethical dilemmas, decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Nov. 30, 1998 | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

...Heiress (1949). A once-bitten, twice-shy Olivia De Havilland as the target of Montgomery Clift?s advances -- couldn?t she tell from the mustache? William Wyler got a great turn from De Havilland and strikes a poignant blow for spinsters everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You May Now Kiss the Potato | 11/27/1998 | See Source »

...meet the requirements of the target group, the iMac is inexpensive, durable and powerful enough to last...

Author: By Nicholas C. Fox, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: iMacs `Cute,' Cheap but Hard to Use | 11/24/1998 | See Source »

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