Sindy boyfriend Paul was released in 1965, and her younger sister Patch in 1966. Sindy's friends Vicki and Mitzi, and Patch's friends Poppet and Betsy debuted in 1968. Sindy was the best selling toy in Britain in 1968 and 1970. Sindy's success in the 1960s was partly due to the increasing range of accessories, with up to 70% of Sindy's turnover from sales of accessories. Mattel did not greatly expand Barbie's accessories until the 1980s, and this was a significant difference between the dolls. During the 1970s, Pedigree focused on developing more Sindy products and neglected advertising and market research, risking
Mitzi Kuroda Mitzi Kuroda Mitzi Kuroda is a Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was an HHMI Investigator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 1993-2007. She has identified many genes and enzymes involved in epigenetic regulation in the fruit fly. In addition, her research has shown the importance of epigenetics in cancer. Her laboratory has identified chromatin remodeling signals and processes that predispose cells to be transformed into cancer cells. Mitzi Kuroda was born in 1958 in Fayetteville AR where she attended elementary and junior high schools. She spent a year in Tokyo,Japan before returning