Word: toye
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe that the nation and the world are ready for a new Hula Hoop era." Venturing that brave prediction is Barry Shapiro, 39, executive vice president and general manager of the Wham-O Mfg. Co., the San Gabriel, Calif., toy and sporting-goods maker that introduced the hoop in 1958. During a slightly mad six-month period 25 years ago, as many as 120 million hoops were sold around the world. A 1967 version called the Shoop-Shoop Hula Hoop was filled with ballbearings to make a swishing sound. It briefly sparked renewed interest, but failed to reignite...
...Viet Nam syndrome has even clouded views of our adversaries' foreign entanglements. Some commentators, as well as some American Government officials, continue to toy hopefully with the idea that Afghanistan may turn out to be the Soviet Union's Viet Nam-never mind that Afghanistan is right on the Soviet border and that whatever else the leaders in Moscow have to worry about, they need not fear student marches on the Kremlin or peacenik political challengers in the next elections to the Supreme Soviet...
...shareholder, he has dropped out of company affairs and returned to Berkeley to finish his studies. Markkula plans to retire within two years to spend more time with his family. Jobs, who had the vision to build one of America's foremost companies from a hobbyist's toy, must show that he has the foresight and ability to guide a major corporation...
DIED. Louis Marx Sr., 85, manufacturer and philanthropist; in White Plains, N.Y. The Henry Ford of toymaking, he relied on mass production, underpricing, and a shrewd adapter's eye. Among his discoveries was a Filipino folk toy that in 1928 became the yoyo. A collector of famous friends, notably President Dwight Eisenhower, he aided poor children with 1 million gift toys a year...
Honorable Mention--Toy Kerling, Cornell, Alan Litchfield, Harvard, Bryan Price brown...