Word: trading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some relief could come with strong sales this fall. Generally, the fourth quarter, which includes Halloween and Christmas, accounts for half of all toy sales. But like the recording and movie industries, the toy trade is driven by hits. So far this year, "there isn't a superhit toy out there," says Eugene Gilligan, executive editor of the toy-industry trade publication Playthings. "The biggest hit for the past year has been Beanie Babies, and Toys 'R' Us doesn't even carry them." But retailers have high hopes for several potential breakout toys, from a microchip-loaded version of venerable...
...cannot remain isolated," Larrainsaid. "If Brazil and Latin America fall into acrisis, the U.S. will be hurt deeply on trade[and] profits...
...disgruntled Peace Corps worker in Kingston said, "I've never met a Jamaican who didn't want money, an American visa, or sex...or all three." One of the more bizarre propositions made by local men to male tourists is what Doctor Fabulous calls a "Hexchange"--"I'll trade you one of my black women for one of your white women." This sort of racial sexual fantasy would probably be best left to middle-aged couples in a John Updike novel...
...Trade unionists at the conference supported Lee's views...
...America] should insist with its trading partners that they have policies that level the playing field [between American and foreign workers]," said William Lucy, president of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists...