Word: toye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the Judge, played by Hu Alaric Toy in David Hwang's Tony Award winning play M. Butterfly, asks Song Liling how he managed for 20 years to trick his lover Rene into thinking he was a woman, the Chinese actor, singer and spy replies, "One, because when he finally met his fantasy woman, he wanted more than anything to believe that she was, in fact, a woman. And second, I am an Oriental. And being an Oriental, I could never be completely...
...game of Assassin, in which 70-odd Quincy residents participate, involves groups of students who attempt to "kill" each other in extended mock battles with toy guns...
...goods. From experienced antique dealers to homemakers and senior citizens raiding their attics, a new class of grass-roots merchants is setting up shop. "It's becoming a way of life," maintains Steve Westly, vice president of marketing at eBay, who himself has amassed a collection of 3,000 toy soldiers. "People love the thrill of the hunt...
...throttle, unlike the Buzz's, is not variable, only on/off, which makes the experience more challenging and herky-jerky. In June, ZAP is coming out with a sit-down model (code-named Pappy), which I also tried. It too was loads of fun, but it felt more like a toy. And it did not include a built-in basket. The Buzz did, making it the clear leader in the e-scooter race...
...Wright brothers had been fascinated by the idea of flight from an early age. In 1878 their father, a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, gave them a flying toy made of cork and bamboo. It had a paper body and was powered by rubber bands. The young boys soon broke the fragile toy, but the memory of its faltering flight across their living room stayed with them. By the mid-1890s Wilbur was reading every book and paper he could find on the still earthbound science of human flight. And four years before they made...