Word: caking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...several toll-free numbers with each of its 59 products. From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., a staff of 85 P&G employees handles an average of 1,200 calls daily, advising people on everything from choosing the right toothpaste to how to bake a cake...
...comprehension. A kind of Heisenberg Principle usually goes to work: the observation of visitors alters the behavior of the observed, sometimes in ugly ways. Theodore Roosevelt, age 11, recorded a story in his diary of the family's grand tour in 1869. The Roosevelts tossed small pieces of cake to a crowd of Italian beggars: "We made them open their mouths and tossed cake into it." Like chickens, like pigeons in the park...
Harvard had already clinched an Eastern College Volleyball League tournament berth and its first ever division championship by walloping Yale Saturday, so last night's match amounted to the proverbial icing on the cake. For Springfield, however, the loss means a tie for second and forces them to win two playoff games to gain a league tournament berth...
...political strategy behind the Administration's economic policy to date At every turn, President Reagan has sought to ascribe favorable economic news to his program of sweeping tax and budget cuts, while blaming downturns on structural factors and Democrats. Only one phrase can properly describe that tactic: having your cake and eating it too. As the President's most recent statements suggest, that opportunism remains the centerpiece of his economic program...
...play, he introduces Wanda June, a 10-year-old girl who has recently arrived in heaven and who describes heaven as a pseudo-country club which everyone's welcome to join. Even Jesus Christ plays shuffleboard there. Wanda June is only tangentially related to the plot: the birthday cake meant for her ends up in the Ryans living room. Susan Morris plays Wanda June with a lot of vitality and youthfulness, but we don't see enough of her; she spends but five minutes on stage. And we're never really sure what she's doing in the play, anyway...