Alcala Yearbook 1998

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The Chevrolet Corvelle is named Motor Trend magazine's 1998Car of the Year.

Smaller Chest

Larger Waist

Anew $50 bill reaturing alarger, off-center portrait or President Ulysses S. Grant is unveiled in October. Design details make the bill more difficult lo forge.

Arter nearly40 years, Mattel's Barbie doll takes on amore realistic race and body shape than the Barbie or the '60s. The new doll will begin to appear in

stores in early 1998.

Mallel i11 oduces Share aSmile Becky in ay 1997. Seated in a bright pin wheelchair, the doll is marketed as a friend to the

designs painted on the body wiU1 henna dye, is apopular expression or the rash ion trend toward Eastern themes and patterns.

Digital "pets" are a 1997 toy craze. These virtual critters keep their owners busy by beeping when they 11eed care or reeding. 1r ignored, they "die."

Canada issues aSuperhero postage stamp series that includes a45-cent stamp reaturing the colorrul, comic-book image or Superman.

ever-growingnumhers, i11dudi11g i11leractive filvorites Monopoly, Scrabble, Sorry. Risk and Boggle.