Word: toye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...return to Hollywood's golden age, when Garbo, Davis, Hepburn, Crawford, Dietrich could sell a film and give it class. That was a more genteel time, one that prized wit, heart and, on screen at least, a sexual equality of emotion and intelligence. Movies were about grownups; the toy-boy heroes stayed in comic books. Maybe audiences were more mature too. These days, Ghost and Pretty Woman are the big-hit exception, not the norm; moviegoers tend to measure heroism in terms of pectorals. Somewhere ! between Rambo and bimbo, between roles for children (the only age group in which...
...Nelson suggested that toy companies should produce educational new female dolls. Girls could learn how to shave and wax their armpits, legs and groin areas by playing with "Hairy Henrietta." They could learn about their period from "Menstruating Maggie...
...When toy-truck maker Tonka bought Kenner Parker Toys in 1987, the company added such venerable products as Monopoly and Play-Doh to its lineup. But Tonka, the third largest U.S. toymaker, also took on a staggering debt from the $674 million sale. The Minnesota-based company's burdens grew worse with the recession, which coincided with a dearth of successful new Tonka products. Last week the toymaker decided to seek help from the big kid on the block. Hasbro (1990 sales: more than $1 billion), the largest U.S. toymaker, will acquire Tonka's stock and debt in a deal...
...After 21 years with Quaker Oats, Mike Krause, 50, was running the European operations of the company's Fisher-Price toy subsidiary when Quaker decided to sell the business last spring. Krause, one of 1,300 employees whose jobs were eliminated, has been looking for work ever since...
Steve the Tramp is described as a "reeking piece of filth" and a "public enemy" who will "use and abuse any young helpless prey he comes across." Most amazing of all, Steve the Tramp is also a child's toy. The 5-in. figurine, manufactured by California-based Playmates Toys, depicts a ragged street character from Disney's hit movie Dick Tracy. But the Rev. Christopher Rose, an Episcopal priest in Hartford who works with his city's homeless, thought Steve the Tramp's grotesque villainy was a cruel attack on his unfortunate clients. Particularly incensed by the lurid resume...