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The Billion-Dollar Molecule is a book [1] by journalist Barry Werth about the founding and early research efforts of the American biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which was founded in 1989 by Joshua Boger and was among the first biotechnology companies to adopt an explicit strategy of rational drug design as opposed to techniques based on combinatorial chemistry.
Following Rainbow High's release, the dolls appeared on multiple hot-toy lists including Toys "R" Us Canada [24] and The Toy Insider, [25] while The NPD Group reported in August 2020 that, Rainbow High was the No. 3 best selling fashion doll line and the No. 7 best selling doll line overall in the U.S. [26] At the close of 2020, the brand was ...
The taller dolls were usually used as store displays, while the smaller ones were sold directly to consumers. [19] Dolls can range in theme from elves, to one of many different types of animals, to clowns. [14] Originally, the wire frame inside the doll was crafted by Chip Thorndike, while the rest of the doll was sewn and painted by Annalee ...
Betsy Wetsy was a "drink-and-wet" doll originally issued by the Ideal Toy Company of New York in 1937. [1] [2] It was one of the most popular dolls of its kind in the Post–World War II baby boom era.
Lilli, also known as Bild-Lilli, is a discontinued West German comic strip created by Reinhard Beuthien for the tabloid newspaper Bild, appearing there from 1952 to 1961.. The toy company Greiner & Hausser Gmbh released a fashion doll line of the same name in 1955, which led Ruth Handler, the co-founder of American toy company Mattel, to launch a similar toyline named Barbie.
The small size of the doll made it hard for the manufacturers to get enough detailing onto the clothing to substantially innovate the styles. After Topper shut down in the spring of 1973, dolls were packaged to be sold from the scraps of the leftover inventory. Thus, a doll might be packaged in outfits and/or boxes made for another doll character.
William's Doll is a 1972 picture book by Charlotte Zolotow, one of the first children's texts to address nontraditional gender stereotypes. The story follows William, a young boy who wishes for a doll to care for. His father is unhappy with this, instead giving him toys that he considers to be more gender appropriate. Finally, his grandmother ...