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...25th of December. For the parents the culmination of Christmas is early January when all those convenient layaway bills come due. The only vestige of spirit that seems to pervade Christmas these days is the joy of paying off the last charge account bill or seeing a toy actually last in one piece from one Christmas to the next...
What's more, the room comes in various curved and linear designs, and generally is equipped with a small sofa that glides on a track around the perimeter, moving from the audio-visual area, say, to a work station. "This is not just a toy," insists Architect William Pulgram, president of Associated Space Design, which will build the environments for Neiman-Marcus. "It is a recognition of a need in our society, a search for 'the real me.' This creates a favorable spatial experience for your task or function to become meaningful...
...question," he said, "is whether art is to be a pastime, a toy for men to play with, or if it should have a deep and human meaning." The protests he made were a part of his art. The romantic, intensely feeling performances, which can still be heard on his records, were not just remnants of the over-expressive interpretations favored in the late 19th century, as some critics have said. Rather, those feelings which caused him to stop playing and to protest against fascism, through whatever form he could find, were so present throughout his life that they animated...
Jenkins' car, known as Grumpy's Toy, is a rolling billboard for automotive-parts companies. In addition to his track earnings, he commands $1,500 a night, win or lose, for helping dragstrip owners fill the stands for exhibition matches. He employs a public relations consultant to help spread his fame-and perhaps counteract the effect of his personality. Though he can be amiable off the track, fans know him as a dour churl who snarls at well-wishers and even puts up barriers to keep spectators away from his pit. Readers of Hot Rod magazine, however, were...
Psychologists and toy manufacturers have between them devised a bewildering variety of educational toys for the crib and playroom. But the way to fire a youngster's intelligence and imagination, according to a three-year study recently finished in Germany, is to put him in a large, low-ceilinged room painted in his favorite color...