Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hawking such Proustian moments. Sales are booming: Groovy Candies' have risen from $50,000 to $3 million since the company was started in 1998. And it's not just candy. With the power of the Internet, other purveyors of childhood memories are resurrecting '50s-era toys and games, including wooden alphabet blocks with old-fashioned lettering and Fisher-Price Snoopy pull toys. They're also experiencing a surge in demand for best sellers from the 1940s like Slinkys, Nok Hockey and Uncle Wiggily. "The pendulum has swung back to these classic playthings," says Ken Moe, managing director of Back...
Leavitt & Peirce 1316 Massachusetts Avenue (617) 547-0576 Wooden Chinese checker set, $59.95. An expensive way to while away the hours with new friends (who also enjoy Chinese checkers...
After a summer of construction, the student organization offices at Hilles quietly opened its doors yesterday. The first sign of life: an ornate wooden throne, littered with purple cushions, recently moved into the office of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Offices and meeting rooms opened for groups to move in, and the Gilbert and Sullivan performers were one of the first to claim their spot in the new student center, which features brightly lit student group offices along corridors of translucent walls. The club’s president Casey M. Lurtz ’07 said that overall...
...every lecture—which are huge annoyances in themselves, though they do make actually attending classes (which aren't taped, unlike almost every other introductory science class) an incentive. But if you ask to delve into the material beyond the lectures, be prepared to be met by a wooden stare and an awkward silence...
...said the narrower mattresses would create certain difficulties for him. “I actually just purchased a full-size mattress because this smaller one will adversely affect my personal life,” Morgan said. Other students complained that the mattresses no longer fit perfectly in the wooden frames. They also said it was easy to fall off them. “They’re half-size,” said Kristen D. Lozada ’07. “I’ve almost fallen off a couple of times already...