Betty James, namer of the Slinky, R.I.P.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/business/25james.html?ref=obituaries

Paging through a dictionary in 1944, Mrs. James put her finger on the word slinky because she thought it best described the sinuous and graceful movement and the soft sound of the expanding and contracting metal coil her husband, Richard, had fashioned.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 09:18 (seventeen years ago)

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i am truley sorry for your lots (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 09:21 (seventeen years ago)

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weatheringdaleson, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 09:33 (seventeen years ago)


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