Word: blew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...research group that blew the whistle on the unhealthy fat content of Chinese food and movie popcorn has now reported that olestra, a nonfattening fat substitute, is unsafe for consumption. The group says olestra leaches the body of essential vitamins, such as A, D and K. Proctor & Gamble, olestra's creator, has proposed fortifying it with the vitamins. The Food and Drug Administration will hold hearings in November on whether olestra is safe for use in snack foods...
...Huskies and Crimson played evenly for much of the first half and the teams looked to go into halftime in a scoreless tie. Harvard only wishes that the game were scoreless when the whistle blew...
...Inability to hold leads. Harvard blew a one-goal lead three times in the game. In itself, that isn't the worst thing, but what is troubling is that two of those letdowns occurred 90 seconds or less after Harvard had gone...
Suddenly, Harvard was on top of the world. All the whistles blew the Crimson's way, as the players in white grabbed every loose ball and checked every Tiger advance, sometimes amashing against the ground...
...Carswell blew away the competition, finishing first overall with a time of 24:18 for the five-mile course, while Lonergan came in second (25:01). It was the fourth time in as many meets that the pair finished in the top three...