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Wham-O intern Li-Hsuan Lu hula hoops in Emeryville, Calif., on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. The popular toy became so ubiquitous that the former Soviet Unionbanned it as a symbol of the "emptiness of Americanculture."

(Photo: AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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