Word: stockinged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While children sit on Santa's lap, big people try desperately to buy a stocking's worth of holiday spirit. They hunt for it in toy stores and liquor stores and the bargain basement of Filene's.
They had better get those historic stocking stuffers out fast if they want to corner the market. William Bell, 22, a Munster, Ind., car salesman, and his uncle, Paul Wells, 37, a painting contractor from suburban Washington, have set up an import company to send out what they, too, say...
Priced at $90, the toy is more expensive than the average stocking stuffer. But it comes with headphones, a high-resolution screen and an accessory called Video Link that enables players to hook two machines together for head-to-head competition. Not all the games involve zapping; some call for...
The newspaper glut also stems from the lack ofbusinesses and retailers stocking recycled paperproducts, Wall said. "If more institutions likeHarvard would carry the paper, there would notonly be no glut, there would be a demand for [oldnewspapers]," he said.
Cambodian officials have repeatedly assured reporters that they are capable of fighting the guerrillas without Vietnamese military support, but they concede that some Phnom Penh residents have begun stocking rice and other staples in anticipation of a cut-off of supplies to the capital.