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    Have Parents Avoided Foreign-Made Toys This Holiday Season?

    Millions of recalls rocked the toy business last summer and fall, leading to dire predictions about the Christmas season. Now that it's upon us, are parents choosing safety above all or giving into their children's demands. Nicholas Casey writes for the Wall Street Journal.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Millions of recalls rocked the toy business last summer and fall, leading to dire predictions about the Christmas season. Now that it's upon us, are parents choosing safety above all or giving into their children's demands. Nicholas Casey writes for the Wall Street Journal.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Nicholas Casey

      Andes Bureau Chief for the New York Times

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Is America Growing Itself to Destruction?
    1. 0:00The Man Behind Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    2. 0:00Have Parents Avoided Foreign-Made Toys This Holiday Season?You’re reading this
    3. 0:00Is America Growing Itself to Destruction?
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