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The story of Barbie and the woman who created her
\"After noticing how her daughter played with grown-up paper dolls, Ruth Handler wanted to create a doll that would inspire little girls to use their huge imaginations and big dreams about their futures. While others told her it wasn't possible, Ruth Handler proved them all wrong by creating the most famous doll ever.\"--Amazon.com.
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The MoneyWatch Report
Pollution caused about nine million people to die prematurely in 2019. That's according to a new study from the Lancet. That's about one in six deaths worldwide. In recent years fewer people have died from poverty-related issues, such as household air pollution, but that's been offset by an increase in air pollution and toxic chemicals.
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Toy Stories
The ubiquitous Furby and other interactive playthings offer a window into the digital environment of the near future, dense with intelligent machines. Pesce offers a look at the history and future of artificial intelligence.
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Child’s Play
When my first daughter was born in the early 1990s, I was determined to be a feminist mother: She would wear only primary colors; read books about smart, strong girls; and never play with a Barbie doll. That lasted until she went to preschool and demanded to wear a frilly dress like her friends and until her grandmother created a Barbie World refuge at her house. What’s worse is that they were once my Barbies, which my mother had kept tucked away waiting for her future granddaughters. It seemed obvious to me that these disproportionate plastic dolls were a legitimate
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