Word: bean
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heavily. The rise of other ad outlets, such as cable television, direct mail, niche publications and online services, means that newspaper executives may never see such rich margins again--but that does not stop them from squeezing. Many newspaper veterans feel they are living through an invasion of the bean counters--nonjournalists terrified by the loss of readers and the new forms of competition, who are willing to sacrifice long-term quality for short-term goals. "The industry is at a crossroads, and a lot of people are going to make the wrong decision," says Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor...
Sure, your parents went to Yale Law School. But your mom went to school around here, and didn't you enjoy the neon-ringed, newly-established Loker Commons when you visited? Not to mention the bean burritos...
...calling it the Blue Grass Boys after his home state, Kentucky. The group soon took on the bluegrass configuration of mandolin, fiddle, guitar, bass and banjo, paired with the near-falsetto harmonies that Monroe called his "high, lonesome sound." Bluegrass lives on across the country, including at his own Bean Blossom festival in Indiana...
That might be one possible explanation for the explosion in sales of such wilderness products as L.L. Bean's portable "vacation home," a tent that sleeps five and includes a screen porch ($499); or the Coleman Company's "Event Center," a 40 1/2-in. collapsible bar with a 37-qt. storage compartment roomy enough for a case of Chardonnay ($29.99); or for the Starbucks-deprived, G.S.I. Outdoors' Mini-Expresso maker, which weighs in at a featherlight...
Third on the tour was Scoops and Beans, located across from the Crimson Sports Grill on JFK Street. Like Herrell's, Scoops offers topquality homemade ice cream. But Scoops offers even more varieties, and in more daring flavors, such as red bean and orange chocolate...