Word: barreled
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...products were anchored around three cast-iron pieces--a 6-qt. pot, a grill press and a lasagna pan large enough to bathe an infant in. "It was the most successful launch of cast iron I've had in my career," says Marjorie Daugherty, the cookware buyer for Crate & Barrel. "We sold 6,000 pieces in the fall, and it was out for January and February." She also believes "Mario's are the best wooden tools on the market...
...Niagara Motel doesn't exactly sound like a barrel of laughs. But here's the funny part: the sophomore effort from Winnipeg-based director Gary Yates (2004's Seven Times Lucky) is a comedy, albeit of the dark kind. And it works a bit in the same way that Niagara Falls succeeds as a tourist destination: it's wonderful if you can focus on the main attraction while disregarding the garish environment around...
...continuing loss of American lives. And if the U.S. were to declare war on Iran, a dwindling "coalition of the willing" might eventually become a "coalition of the billing," making opportunistic demands on the U.S. More important, oil prices may hit $100 or more per barrel if Iran embargoes its oil exports or bottles up oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation. And the U.S.'s huge budget deficit, compounded by war, inflation and soaring oil prices, would make a nasty dent in George W. Bush's image in his own country. Kangayam R. Narasimhan Chennai, India...
...most liberal members of the Senate) in opposing Condi Rice's nomination for Secretary of State and then joined 21 other Democrats in voting against John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination. John McCain has long been concerned about spending, but his loud rhetoric in recent weeks about cutting pork-barrel projects will help please conservatives worried that he is too moderate. Appealing to that same group, Virginia Republican George Allen has proposed to stop the paychecks for members of Congress if they don't finish spending bills by a specific target date and has proposed a constitutional amendment that would require...
...pass a bill that stops lobbyists from offering gifts, including meals, to members, requires more disclosure of members' contact with lobbyists, makes ex-congressmen wait longer before they cash in on their congressional service and become high-powered lobbyists and allows a majority of senators to strike pork-barrel spending from spending bills...