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...state where backyard fireworks were legal. This summer I visited one long enough to fill my rental car trunk with three grocery bags full of explosives, only to drive back to one of the 13 states with a ban on all amateur pyrotechnics. More than just another brightly colored toy, fireworks from the first-line of defense against teenage terror...
...Aida houses may be facile, yet they do delight: toy building blocks are a cheerful transcultural artifact, and the mock-haphazard assemblages are lively, seemingly half built or half demolished. The Toys R Us aspect seems American, but the unfinished quality is pure Japanese. Says Aida: "Fundamentally I find myself swinging back and forth between two basic lines of influence -- Japanese tradition and Western culture. I am attracted as much by Kandinsky, for instance, as I am by modern Japanese writers...
Daisy Manufacturing, the leading maker of toy military guns, will now add bright orange markings to its fake firearms to reduce such risks. So far, though, police take little comfort from the plan. One fear: crooks will paint similar markings on real guns, leading officers to hesitate, and risk injury or death, before firing...
...least one cult figure still retains a devoted following in China these days: Mickey Mouse. The perky Disney character pops up on Chinese garment and toy logos, on billboards and in newspaper ads. Mickey's smiling features are, in fact, one of the most ubiquitous Western images in the land...
...deck cradles a hot tub that can accommodate eight people, while commodious staterooms boast VCRs and private baths with Jacuzzis. Instead of a grungy galley, the superyacht has a gleaming kitchen replete with microwaves, commercial-size freezers and stoves, and trash compactors. The bionic boats pack every aquatic toy: water skis, snorkling gear, diving equipment, Jet Skis and sailboards. To help while away foul weather, a free-flowing bar is at the ready, and libraries are stocked with videotapes as well as books, chess and backgammon games. Many decks have saunas, and in one vessel there is a piano with...