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TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME22 VOLUME 22 N0.11 NO. 11 OCTOBER 1996 OCTOBER 1996 577 5 INDOOR FUN: FUN: MORE MORE THAN THAN INDOOR CHILD'S PLAY CHILD'S PLAY Modularplay playsystems systems challenge challengeboth boththe the imagination imagination and and the the Modular physicalprowess prowessofofyoungsters youngsterswhile whiledelivering deliveringaasatisfying satisfying physical longplay play time. time. With With today's today's sophisticated sophisticated customers customersof oiall all long oftubes, tubes,cubes, cubes,and andslides slidesisisnot not agesthe the mere merepresence presenceof ages enough to to keep keepthem them coming comingback. back. 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