Word: ballooned
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...especially about a Los Angeles subspecies of sexual predators "whose highest accomplishments are that they were cute in high school." But the author is serious about his glove lady, Mirabelle Buttersfield, and about Ray Porter, the fiftysomething man Mirabelle admits into her solitary life. Once Martin fashioned funny-weird balloon animals; now, at 55, he creates funny-sad, nice and not-so-nice people, as real as your morning-after face in the bathroom mirror...
...redundant. I met a record company executive who claims that what the music industry has planned for the future of recorded music will blow MP3 out of the water. (Although my BS meter was wavering between TRUTH and MORE HOT AIR THAN A RICHARD BRANSON BALLOON...
...nice family atmosphere," said Jim Rafferty, a lawyer who represents a number of local establishments including The Grille. An ice cream-smudged Kelly Rafferty held bear-shaped balloon in her arms. She had named it Winnie the Pooh, she said. Her favorite part of the day: "Being with my daddy...
...recruiting firms are pretty good to us. Higher starting salaries? Contributions to the Senior Gift? Catered meals for seniors at the Charles Hotel every night? No one knows how much the companies are willing to spend. The proverbial sky is the limit--and, therefore, we demand hot air balloon rides for everyone...
...March, Frimmer's illness had worsened. He suffered from anemia and renal failure. A condition called lymphedema caused fluid to accumulate in his legs, which made walking difficult, then rise into his chest, which made breathing as laborious as "trying to blow up a balloon in a bowl of Jell-O," he said. Unable to get comfortable, he slept sitting up, just an hour or so at a stretch. He was reluctant to use enough medication to quell the pain. "On a good day, I would guess the pain is life affirming. It lets him know he's still here...