Word: toye
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Would you," asked Stalin, "also forbid the existence of watchmakers and furniture factories for making parts of shells? The Germans produced toy rifles which were used for teaching hundreds of thousands of men how to shoot . . . There was control after the last war, but it failed...
...Manhattan this week, workmen on Gimbels' toy floor were putting the finishing touches on a 30-ft. space ship, outfitted with an "artificial gravity generator," a "viewport" (windshield), "radar bridge" and "teleceiver." As every Space Cadet knows, these marvels enable the pilot to see as well as talk ship-to-ship, ship-to-earth, ship-to-planet. Across the street in Macy's toy department, the normal sales staff was boosted from 200 to 1,000. In Atlanta, Rich's department gave its toy department 15% more space than last year, and put in a special department...
With the help of such come-ons, U.S. toy sellers hope to push sales well over half-billion mark this year, the highest ever. Among the huge assortment of new and ingenious toys are dolls that speak Spanish and French, dolls that say "Mama" when tilted one way and "Papa" when tilted the other, dolls that clap their hands, suck their thumbs, wet their pants ; dolls that sleep, smile or screw up their faces and bawl ("Hedy the Three-Faced Doll"). There are miniature race horses called "Phony Ponies," which are powered by Mexican jumping beans, cows that...
...Good Meringue. Everyone adores little Sigi. When he asks to take a toy to bed, there are trills of laughter. "But this child is his father over again," gurgles lovely Albertine. "The moment he sees something pretty he wants to take it to bed with...
Random Harvest. In Denver, cops made the pinch on general principles when they spotted a car containing: 1) James Yohe, 2) Charles Crider, 3) two women, 4) a toy wagon, 5) a toy tractor, 6) a wooden horse, 7) a white rabbit, 8) a quart of whisky, 9) a red hen, 10) a garbage can, 11) a black hen, 12) a gamecock, 13) a deodorized skunk...