Word: bagful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team of researchers from Indiana University that evaluated the program for the state of Ohio last fall found that vouchers were a mixed bag. Students attended classes that were, on average, smaller by three students. On the other hand, public schools had teachers with better credentials. They were more likely to have done postcollege work and had an average of five more years of teaching experience. In the end, the researchers concluded, class size and teacher qualifications canceled each other...
...know why. Over the past five years the Atlanta goliath has used Pepsi as a punching bag, kicking its can from Turkestan to Tallahassee and creating vast amounts of wealth for shareholders in the process. Who wouldn't want a foe like that? By the time Roger Enrico walked into the chief executive's suite at PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., three years ago, the company's performance had detached itself from its image as a vaunted marketing maverick that launched the cola wars in the '80s. The numbers tell all: in the U.S., Pepsi sells a single soda...
...aisles, the new PepsiCo is trying to combine sodas and snacks in lavish displays at supermarkets and convenience stores. In targeting consumers, what Pepsi calls the "Power of One" makes perfect sense: it's all about making sure that everybody who buys a salty bag of Tostitos or Lay's potato chips has to think twice before passing up that thirst-quenching bottle of Pepsi or Mountain Dew across the aisle...
...vanished after that, for months. He stayed in Portland mostly, sleeping at a friend's place or in Washington Park, showering at the Multnomah Athletic Club. There was no plan; he just stayed a step ahead, carrying a bag of his stuff and scraping by on a few bucks here and there. Inexplicably, it took several days for police to issue a warrant for his arrest. So, when his parents and friends helped him at first, they weren't breaking the law. But after the warrant was issued, the cops hunted him with increasing fervor. One time the entire robbery...
...still remember one awful night 25 years ago, when I ate a greasy lump of fried dough on a train in Yugoslavia. It felt as though I had swallowed a vial of hydrochloric acid. Actually, that's not too far from the truth. The stomach is essentially a bag filled with powerful acid. If it weren't for a lining of protective cells, the stomach itself would dissolve. If the acid stays put, most people never give it another thought. Sometimes, though, it doesn't stay put. Foods like chocolate, mints, caffeine and alcohol relax the esophageal sphincter--a ring...