Word: balloon
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...better one. As they stand, most of these stories place male characters in strange and impossible settings, where Keillor's humor loses almost all of its edge. The Book of Guys comes off as contrived and ends up going over like a book would if it had a lead balloon tied...
...When coronary arteries are clogged, smaller arteries expand to take over some of the blood flow. A new drug, still unnamed, has been shown to enhance the process in dogs. If it works in humans, it could be a cheaper, safer alternative to standard bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty...
...made only "in discrete instances." Stein conceded little else. He told Judge Jackson, who will determine the legality of the subpoena by mid-January, that the Senate's order violates Packwood's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and self-incrimination. Stein complained that the inquiry keeps expanding "like a balloon." Asked he: "Where is the end of it?" Not in sight. Already looking into charges of sexual misconduct, intimidation and influence peddling, the committee now will ascertain whether Packwood's tampering was an obstruction of Congress...
Hoffman graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College in 1966, received his doctorate in astrophysics from Harvard in 1971 and obtained a masters degree in materials science from Rice University in 1988. His doctoral work at Harvard focused on the design, construction, testing and flight of a balloon-borne, low-energy, gamma ray telescope...
Microsoft has also added so-called shortcut menus, which are superficially similar to the balloon help in the Macintosh System...