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Word: toy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plush stocking embroidered with the name Chris and stuffed with a toy Santa hangs inside Corporal Christopher Sotak's vehicle. The 23-year-old received it from his mother in the last mail shipment before Thanksgiving. On Dec. 25, "we'll get a bag with diced turkey and gravy," says First Sergeant Steven Fisher, 37, Sotak's crewmate. "Christmas will be when you get back home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gift of Hope | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

Huggable Barney is the toast of toddler TV and toy counters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...somebody special, but President- elect Bill Clinton reportedly just bought a 4-ft.-high model from F.A.O Schwarz) as well as Barney bed sheets, books, earrings and underwear. JC Penney has opened Barney boutiques, which sell everything from jogging outfits to necklaces. "It's going to be the hottest toy this Christmas, because every two- to five-year-old child in America knows who Barney is," says Standard & Poor's toy analyst Paul Valentine. Next year Hasbro intends to market an 18- in.-tall talking Barney. Plans for a network-TV special, a Barney movie, a line of books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stuuuupendous! | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

Based on the true story of a Sacramento serial killer in the late '70s, the film emphasizes the normalcy of the victims' lives. Alex Trebec is bantering on "Jeopardy," a woman is washing the dishes in the kitchen sink, a child plays with a plastic toy--and seconds later the scene is a blood bath. Murderer Charles Reece (Alex McArthur) is literally the boy next door. The message? It could happen to anyone...It could happen...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: AN EYE FOR AN EYE: "Rampage" Shows the Horror of Murder | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

...plight of the dislocated and unemployed. So what is to be done with 3 million workers in the military industry and nothing but a pinched, depleted domestic economy awaiting them? Just one more fix, is the addict's witless, blubbering solution -- one more useless, death-dealing, high-IQ toy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Costly Addiction of All | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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