Word: yos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Neon & Yo-Yos. As they were whirled off across the state in automobiles, they exclaimed favorably at the low cost of eggs in the U.S., the marvels of neon tubing, the high wages earned by U.S. workers and the admirable restraint of a government which did not grab up all the stores and factories in sight...
Until the Communists came, Peiping tried to make the best of the New Year. Shops on Lantern Street were crammed with New Year's lanterns-paper lions, brilliant green rabbits, yellow tigers. For the children, there were toy swords and whistling yo-yos. "I don't know if people will have money to buy them all," said one shopkeeper, "but we felt like making them anyway. We have peace...
...schoolrooms throughout the U.S. last week, youngsters redecorated empty cigar boxes with U.S. flags and paste-ups from magazines, stuffed them with school supplies, sewing kits, warm socks and mittens, soap, toothbrushes, yo-yos. They were "Friendship Boxes," wrapped as gifts to the children of Europe and Asia from the children of the U.S. Every parcel included a letter from the sender, and some writing paper and a self-addressed envelope...
This procedure, plus his capacity for shooting fanatical golf in the yos, nets him a pretty penny. But not from Bing Crosby. The crooner has bested him so often that Hope calls him Trader Horn...