Ich Bin Ein Action Figure.This fall, Hasbro unveiled the latest addition to its line of G.I. Joe G.I. Joe any American soldier. [Am. Military Slang: Misc.] See : Soldiering dolls, the "John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in PT-109 Boat Commander" action figure. JFK thus joins two other commanders-in-chief, George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, in being so honored. In marketing what has been called a "respectful, tasteful figure" by the guardians at the Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston, the toy maker is doing more than simply commemorating the 35th president's legendary service during World War II, already the basis of a best-selling book and a popular movie during Kennedy's own presidency. It is providing yet another image of JFK for public consumption, and one sharply at odds with the seamier sides that have come to light in recent years. Indeed, the main reason JFK continues to command attention is that his various identities seem both inexhaustible and incompatible, to champion and detractor alike: bootlegger's son, Harvard man, World War II hero, feckless feck·less adj. 1. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective. 2. Careless and irresponsible. [Scots feck, effect (alteration of effect) + -less. junior senator, cutthroat politician, civil rights champion, Cold Warrior Cold warrior is a phrase used to describe the men and women involved in the shaping and executing of American and Soviet policy during the Cold War. Since the end of the Cold War, the term has sometimes been used pejoratively to imply that a person's views are obsolete. , liberal, tax-cutter, Rat Packer, family man, womanizer wom·an·ize v. woman·ized, woman·iz·ing, woman·iz·es v.intr. To pursue women lecherously. v.tr. To give female characteristics to; feminize. , martyr--the list is virtually endless. Even, perhaps especially, in death, JFK is many things to many people. No wonder, then, that Hasbro has high hopes for sales. "The current plan," the head of the doll's design team told the press, "is to do another John Kennedy figure in the fall of 2001." |
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