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...begins as a playful children’s song, only to change mood abruptly with a dramatic bridge that includes the line “This bridge was written to make you feel smitten / with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer.” The use of a toy piano and various vaudevillian percussive instruments makes the song even more appealing...
What are the big movies to watch out for in 2004? Which is rock's next breakout band? What are the cool gadgets we'll have to buy? And who determines what's cool, anyway? What's the hot toy we won't be able to buy at Christmas? Will China export another Yao Ming? Which miracle drugs are about to hit the market? Which new technologies will make us safer? What will we find on Mars? Where do Bono and Spielberg think we're heading? For all this and more, come with us on a journey to the near...
...silver dish and said, "We thought about you the whole time." It was very emotional because they remembered what I had taught them. As for the stores, I was with the company when we found the London space. It's a very special house. It's like a beautiful toy...
Here's how it works: when the first drop of urine hits a sensor in the child's underwear, the Malem Bedwetting Alarm erupts with a noise like a toy laser gun--loud enough to stop the flow but familiar enough not to frighten. At least that's the theory. Such bells and whistles do work better than medications, says Renee Mercer, author of the upcoming book Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness. But they concern child expert Dr. T. Berry Brazelton. "They're punitive and can make children feel helpless," he says. --By Kristin Kloberdanz
...neat. Some 150 pages later Ugresic finally describes the candy: “chocolate eggs with a smaller, plastic egg inside, and in it the tiny parts of little plastic models which have to be put together.” Like this egg with a hidden treasure, the little toy of knowledge I had was precious, and something I could choose to let other people...