Word: bags
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brookings said Anderson knew about the oldpolicy and was upset at Fitzhugh for "letting thecat out of the bag...
...first week post-Andrew was chaotic as government agencies tried to coordinate with each other. Price gouging was rampant--$5 for a small bag of ice, for example. The national guard moved in to enforce a strict curfew and protect residences and businesses from looting. Spray-painted messages on homes such as "you loot, we'll shoot" were common, as were insurance company names and telephone numbers...
Billy Crystal dropped by the campus yesterday afternoon to receive the Harvard Lampoon's Elmer Award--and brought his bag of jokes with...
...women will be convinced, especially when he boasts that "having a penis is like owning a cat. What a comedy and what a gift." Men should find this celebration of the antic phallus cheering but may not be glad Rhodes has let the cat out of the bag...
...Jersey mandatory recycling law -- achieving 34% recycling, or double the national average -- demonstrates the virtues of a legal prescript. Minimum-content laws such as those in Oregon and California, mandating the use of recycled materials in new products, have proved effective. So have "pay by bag laws" that increase the price tag for garbage removal according to volume. Last fall the White House issued an executive order requiring federal agencies to give preference to recycled materials when purchasing products. But that's just a start. "Unless the government mandates more use of recycled material in products," warns Dan Weiss...