Word: ballooned
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...sway U.S. policy. In a move widely characterized as a nod to the exile leadership, a Bush administration official last week suggested that Cuba may be developing biological weapons and exporting the technology to do so to some of Washington's least-loved regimes. Carter punctured that particular balloon by pointing out that the U.S. intelligence officials who'd provided "intense" briefings before his trip had assured him, even when he specifically asked, that there was no evidence of Cuba sharing information that could be used by terrorists. Even Secretary of State Colin Powell found himself tamping down the allegations...
...nice baby buffalo or perhaps a large lizard to snack on, and wham! You're hit by a stun gun, and the next thing you know, you've been stuffed into a cage. Three days later, everyone expects you to act "interesting" for expectant-looking adults and sniveling, balloon-toting kids lined up outside your faux-natural habitat at the local...
...OPENING THE VALVE A small balloon was snaked along the wire and inflated with fluid to prop open the valve...
...LETTING THE BLOOD FLOW To make sure the balloon did its job, doctors inflated and deflated it six or seven times...
...DONE After a lumpectomy, a tiny radioactive bead is delivered directly into the tumor site through a small balloon-tipped catheter. Treatment takes a matter of days, not weeks...