NEWS LITE : OL' SANTA NEEDS GOLD CREDIT CARD.The stock market may have hit some turbulence lately, but the only bear market FAO FAO, n See Food and Agriculture Organization. Schwarz sees this year is the warm and fuzzy type. The upscale toy retailer launched its 1998 holiday catalog on Wednesday, and the 128-page book is filled with extravagant toys, from a $20,000 custom-designed Barbie to a $75,000 made-to-order carousel from Germany. ``You are always going to have people who are going to buy trophy gifts, no matter what the stock market does,'' said Chris Byrne Chris Byrne co-founded the band Black 47 with Larry Kirwan in 1989. While still with the band, he created a side project - the "celtic hip-hop" band Seanchai & the Unity Squad. "Seanchai" is Byrne's hip-hop stage name, loosely translated from Irish as 'storyteller'. , editor of Playthings MarketWatch, a toy trade publication. ``Just like buying a Rolls-Royce, fancy toys are a way of branding yourself.'' FAO Schwarz has been publishing a holiday catalog annually for more than a century, but this year the toy retailer has made room for some over-the-top gifts - from mammoth stuffed animals to miniature Range Rover
This year's catalog includes six experiences that parents can buy for their kids or even for themselves. For $17,500, a kid can invite 14 friends to a sleep-over party in one of the chain's stores. For $10,000, you can create your own Gund teddy bear. Or travel to Germany to visit the birthplace of the teddy bear at $10,000 per person. There's a 4-1/2-foot-tall stuffed elephant for $3,600. For $699, the Intensor chair lets video-game players feel the experience through their bodies. ``FAO isn't just a toy store A toy store, or toy shop, is a retail business specializing in the services of selling toys. No longer held to the limitations of the brick and mortar outlet, the toy store has successfully created a presence within the e-commerce industry. anymore, but it's an international destination,'' Byrne said. ``These products are consistent with the need to be different from every other toy store.'' Glenn's plans lack thrust for space vets Just how do former astronauts feel about the fuss being made over John Glenn's upcoming trip into space? Vanity Fair dug up some and got quite an earful ear·ful n. 1. An abundant or excessive amount of something heard, such as talk or music. 2. Gossip, especially of an intimate or scandalous nature. 3. A scolding or reprimand. . Frank Borman: ``John Glenn a payload specialist? That's bull----. NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. could get better data monitoring him for 10 days in bed.'' Wally Schirra: ``I can think of several more senators we should boost into space.'' However, Eugene Cernan, who walked on the moon, was a little kinder: ``I don't care if John just stares out the window for 10 days. He's earned it.'' Branson to retry re·try tr.v. re·tried , re·try·ing, re·tries To try again. Verb 1. retry - hear or try a court case anew rehear ballooning journey Richard Branson is planning a fourth attempt at circumnavigating the globe in a hot-air balloon. Branson, the tycoon whose Virgin company name is on everything from record stores to an airline, is hoping to take off in the Virgin Global Challenger before the end of the year, said a spokeswoman. Rival Steve Fossett's latest attempt ended in 30,000-foot plunge into the Pacific Ocean. Previous attempts by Branson were hampered by bad weather. The only time he managed to take off - in January 1997 - his balloon crash-landed in the Algerian desert. Stray spark keeps actress sans home Actress Sigourney Weaver has been burned out of her new apartment. Crews had been working frantically to finish work on the apartment by Labor Day, but a spark from an old refrigerator touched off a fire that severely damaged the place, the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 reported Wednesday. Work to shore up the apartment won't begin for several months, so Weaver and her husband, Jim Simpson, can't move in for another year. News Lite is compiled from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Having a ball in Florida Tim Forneris, 22, stands beside Mickey Mouse during a parade Wednesday at the Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World resort's Magic Kingdom theme park near Orlando, Fla. A groundskeeper at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Forneris retrieved the baseball St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. slugger Mark McGwire hit Tuesday for his historic 62nd home run of the season. Garth Vaughan/Walt Disney World (2) Ex-boxing champ Muhammad Ali visits 2-year-old Cuban cancer patient Fernando Castro in Havana, Cuba, on Wednesday. Jose Goitia/Canadian Press |
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