The Hamptons? No. Boise? Now that’s rich. Jun 29, 2009
Matthew: The characters weren t deep to begin with, and now they seem like wind-up toys. Joanna: I m hoping there s a little more strife, which would help matters. (Boston Globe)
Antique toys stolen from area museum May 8, 2009
Several antique cars and wind-up toys were stolen from an old Wykoff, Minn. food shop stuffed with antiques and holdovers of a deceased hoarder, police said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Children's Easter Books Popular C... Apr 3, 2009
When Ruby trusts Max to place them in a basket for Grandma, he decides to take them on a little detour an Easter parade made up of cute wind-up toys. Children can get ideas for how to decorate eggs from Ruby and Louise's creations, and, as always, Max's resourcefulness and playfulness make him a good role model for young readers. (Suite101.com)
Easter with Max & Ruby DVD Holida... Mar 24, 2009
Max takes the eggs on a detour on the way to the Easter basket, using an array of wind-up toys to create his own charming mini-Easter parade. Younger siblings will relate to how Ruby (gently) bosses Max over and over to be careful. (Suite101.com)
Artist wants people to interpret his work as they see fit Mar 10, 2009
Nor do they care about the birding mechanisms placed in every single one of the wind-up toys or how wiring is stashed out of view - inside the boat's hull, for instance. Others, however, might not stop until they have all the answers, van Wagtendonk said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
A home on the Internet shelters Beijing's homeless Mar 4, 2009
Now he sells books and wind-up toys on the streets. "Here, life is bitter, but it's more fulfilling," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
Saintly Obama gets priestly slam Feb 15, 2009
Besides Hula Hoops, Barbie lunch bags and Valentine heart trinkets, the novelty store stocks such joke religious items as Jesus pencil erasers, "Beware of Nunzilla" wind-up toys and, most recently, the Obama devotional candles. But to La Torre, the candles featured in a big window display were "the final straw" for a store "that feels the need to mock and ridicule the Catholic/Christian faith.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Berlin hip enough for adults, cool enough for kids Mar 28, 2008
We spent hours meandering through this district, stopping once in a while at toy shops sporting an amazing assortment of wooden items and metal wind-up toys. Few countries do doll houses as well as Germany. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Unique and Unusual Office Designs Feb 29, 2008
A mini stair case of shelving or storage cubes with slinkies to race, a collection of stress balls in an interesting container, a puzzle, lego, wind-up toys and other fun play things can make coming to your office a real treat. Tea or Coffee Service. (Suite101.com)
Subprime Lenders Get Big Accounting Break at SEC: Jonathan Weil Jan 30, 2008
Its rules had envisioned QSPEs as brain-dead vehicles, akin to wind-up toys. Their actions are supposed to be automatic responses that ``were entirely specified in the legal documents that established'' the trusts. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Fashion/Shopping Blog Dec 25, 2007
The other items in the store include accessories, such as hats, scarves, purses, fun socks, reading glasses (I am sure I have the best selection in town) and all those whimsical things such as lady bug kitchen timers, wiggle pens, luggage tags, small wind-up toys and so much more. Runway: Do you support local craftspeople. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
'Date rape drug' China toy recalled Nov 8, 2007
Lead poisoning: Dizzy Ducks music boxes, Winnie-the-Pooh spinning tops, Big Red wagons, Dragster and Funny Car and Duck Family wind-up toys, Pull-Back Action Toy Cars ... Other warnings were for Dizzy Ducks music boxes, Winnie-the-Pooh spinning tops, Big Red wagons, Dragster and Funny Car toys, and Duck Family collectible wind-up toys. (Aljazeera.Net)
It takes a village Nov 3, 2007
There are wind-up toys for $1, as well as Thomas and Friends train sets for $400. Most impressive is the big selection of Playmobil toys ( two entire walls ), including Noah's Ark for $69. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Standing on tradition: For Woodland family, beat-up demolition derby cars are their special treasure Aug 9, 2007
hey sounded like little wind-up toys buzzing around, Heidi Van Atta said of watching a small car derby at the Woodland fair five years ago. Having the whole family involved in the demolition derbies is ood and bad, Spaeth said. (Davis Enterprise, CA)
Jackson Parker, avid collector of wildfowl decoys; at 86 Jul 2, 2007
Mr. Parker also collected wind-up toys, and with his wife, cultivated an interest in contemporary art. When the couple moved into an assisted living residence in Jamaica Plain in 1997, RuthEllen Mirrer said, the Parkers exhibited their art collection. (Boston Globe)
Meerkat mob, warthog duo debut at zoo Jun 21, 2007
The meerkats, each about the size of an underfed house cat, careened about like wind-up toys. The 13-year-old compared the real meerkats to the fictitious one he saw in a certain blockbuster cartoon movie, and found them lacking. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
PRODUCT RECALLS Jun 17, 2007
-- Tri-Star International Inc. of Newark is recalling 2,000 ball rattles, wrist rattles and wind-up toys. These toys contain small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
'Hamlet' with limited tragic dimension Jun 5, 2007
Certainly that's one of the most surprising quirks in Sullivan's approach and actor Hamish Linklater's interpretation of the Danish prince at SCR. Charged by his father's ghost to revenge his murder, Linklater's Hamlet zigzags and ricochets around the task like one of those wind-up toys that changes directions when it hits a wall or chair. When he feigns madness putting on that famous antic disposition the emphasis is on the physical antics of dancing, hopping, embracing. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Martin Frost: Civics Lesson, Gonzales? Apr 25, 2007
U.S. attorneys are like wind-up toys. A president winds them up at the beginning of his term but then he and his Justice Department do not interfere politically in how they do their job. (Fox News -- Views)
STANLEY CROUCH Feb 13, 2007
They prefer to think of black people and Hispanics as wind-up toys who can make no decisions of their own. That is part of the burden and the tragedy of our time. (The Drudge Report)
You've got to laugh Jan 11, 2007
So too is Orange - especially now its "togetherness" ads are fronted by a pair of smiling wind-up toys created by Aardmann Animations - and the online bank Smile, and Ocado, the online supermarket partnered with Waitrose. Blazing a trail many years ago were the likes of Ben and Jerry's and Starbucks. (BBC News -- UK)
