Word: bumper
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Congress, she found herself up against a nearly unbeatable Republican Congresswoman. Kathleen seemed unsure how--or whether--to capitalize on her biggest political asset: her maiden name. The name explained why national reporters were trailing her quixotic campaign, but she didn't use it on her bumper stickers and declared that she was running "as my own person...
...April showers bring May flowers, what pops up when it rains through most of May and June as well? A bumper crop of mosquitoes, as communities from Texas to New Jersey have learned only too well this summer. The best reason to avoid being skeeter bait is, as always, the sheer human misery of dealing with all those itchy red welts. But this summer there's also the chance, admittedly small, of more serious consequences, especially now that the West Nile virus is spreading up and down the Eastern seaboard...
...relied on skills acquired during my previous driving experiences, which consisted of the few times my dad let me drive around the block and childhood escapades in the bumper car rink...
...what O&A are most famous for is "Whip 'em Out Wednesdays," when women are encouraged to flash guys who have WOW bumper stickers on their cars, or even just the staff of a live Today show, as a listener did last summer. And while Stern has to import porn stars, O&A have little trouble finding young women to play along. "I think it gives women some power," Opie explains. When asked what he means by that, he leans his chair back against the conference-room window and says, "That's a good question. What do I mean...
...stay on the air to trade jokes, or just e-mail them in to be read on air. Since their home station, WNEW-FM, spends little advertising the show, the jocks have built their audience by putting on road shows, inviting listeners to drinks at Hooters or handing out bumper stickers from a bus. As working-class guys from Long Island, O&A have a knack for making their often not so bright fans seem interesting--and integral. "Some guy shows up with a case of beer, and half an hour later he's on our show," says Opie...