Word: cheapness
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...favor of consumer electronics, trendy video games, PC software and the Internet. The notion that kids are growing more sophisticated and tech savvy, a trend called age compression, has bedeviled toy companies for at least a decade. While young children still role-play with dollhouses and Tonka trucks (and cheap plastic toys will always play their pacifying role on shopping trips), the market for action figures, for instance, used to be considered healthy for boys up to age 12. Now, the items are mainly marketed to boys 4 to 6, says Chris Byrne, an independent toy-industry consultant. And "boys...
...onscreen. In EyeToy: Groove, players bop to the likes of Madonna and Fatboy Slim, and a calorie counter shows how much of that Big Mac you have burned up--a nod to parents concerned that too much sedentary screen time is making their kids fat. Plug 'n' play games--cheap cartridges that plug directly into the TV--are also expected to do well this season, thanks to a revival of classics like old Atari titles and tie-ins to popular characters like SpongeBob SquarePants...
...whites who are as much as twice as likely to suffer from hypertension, with countries like Poland and Finland--where diets are high in fat and low in fruits and vegetables--leading the way. In a socioeconomic environment in which African Americans are often forced to eat cheap, unhealthy food (the National Institutes of Health is worried particularly about cured meats, pickled foods, canned fish, salty snacks and sauces), it's no wonder their blood pressure is high...
...feature called Bill Me Later on their websites. You have to fill out a credit application, but if you qualify, you won't have to pay until the bill arrives. Continental will also take 5% off the cost of a future ticket. Now all you need is a cheap hotel. --By Sora Song
...downside, Flashback has more than 75% fewer games than Anthology, and its cheap-feeling joystick was often hard to maneuver. Even in Breakout, where all you do is hit a ball with a paddle in order to demolish a wall of bricks, I found it impossible to glide the paddle smoothly from one side of the screen to the other...