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Word: chex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cartels and kingpins and Crips and Bloods. These are the principal beneficiaries of drug prohibition; without it they'd be reduced to three-card monte and numbers scams. Legitimate entrepreneurs must sigh and shake their heads in envy: if only the government would ban some substance like Wheat Chex, for example, so it could be marketed for hundreds of dollars an ounce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking the Big One | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

Favorite cereal: I knew you'd ask that. I like cereal a lot. My favorites include: Quaker 100% Natural, Rice Krispie Treats Cereal--it's great. I can't remember the specific name, but Chex makes a great graham cracker-flavored cereal. And finally, there's a cereal called "Heartland," which is simply divine. Basically, it's granola, but very wicked, dessert-like granola...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: FM Farewells | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...Everywhere where there should have been blood, there were Corn Chex," said Rosenstein...

Author: By Randall T. Kempner, | Title: PBHA Van Overturns In Accident After Trip | 4/2/1991 | See Source »

...were whisked off supermarket shelves by their manufacturer when the FDA judged the claims to be false. Just last month, the agency warned six food companies, including Health Valley Foods, Select Origin and Ralston Purina, to remove cholesterol-reducing claims from a variety of packaged foods, ranging from Oat Chex cereal to Rice Bran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Less Baloney on the Shelves | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...nine-year-old caped-crusader freak will eat black food. The market for children's cereals is toothsome. Almost one-third of the $7 billion worth of ready-to-eat cereals sold in the U.S. is aimed at kids. Ralston Purina, which makes mainstream breakfast foods like Rice Chex, produces about 90% of "licensed character" cereals for youngsters. The products almost sell themselves. Says John McMillan, an analyst with Prudential Bache: "You don't really have to advertize. Just let the kids watch the cartoons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Ah, How Sweet It Is! | 5/28/1990 | See Source »

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