Word: toye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...staunch meritocrats, no one can deny that race, once a question of principles, is now a numbers game. A recent Perspective article counted the representation of minorities among--MSA hyperactivists, hold your fire--not the Faculty (for the whole University has those figures memorized by now), but among toy dolls. Sleuthing in the aisles of Toys R-Us, Perspective found That only one of a dozen-or-so dolls was Black...
...perspicuous observation, indeed, but Dartboard decided to delve deeper. WE didn't limit our search to mere playthings at the toy store, but in fact randomly sampled actual Americans. The shocking result: only one in tenor-so was Black...
...throwing away his post like a baby would an old toy. The mayor's behavior is disturbing. Chances are e knew when he left that he was going to return for the gubernatorial race, in which case the whole thing was a cynical charade intended for public consumption. And if he knew, just a year ago, that he wanted to leave local politics so much, we don't think he should be allowed back in so quickly...
People who don't know a Lutz from a spread eagle know that Kerrigan won the money jackpot. Already comfortable from endorsements, she adds major deals with Disney and Ray-Ban and is poring over offers from cosmetics makers, toy companies and bedding outfits. Reebok and Seiko, who had the wit to sign her up before she became a household name, have intensified their wooing. The former outfitted her family with Norway-proof togs; the latter held a dinner in her honor in the farmhouse near Oslo where the Israelis and Palestinians held their secret peace talks...
...frequent philandering, is the common tie that binds the rest of the book together. Finding herself with an unfilled space in her life after the death of her best friend, Leila decides to write a book about Becky Burgess, a young woman suspected of inciting her teenage love-toy to kill her husband. Meanwhile, Mary, Leila's housekeeper, desperately conceals the fact that, at 61 years of age, she finds herself living on the street after her husband leaves her for a younger woman...