Word: containers
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Johnson, who claims he contemplated "walking away and heading for the beach" even before last week's confrontation, plans a long rest in South Florida before resurfacing, probably as a TV commentator. Switzer, meanwhile, could hardly contain his ecstasy during an overheated press conference after his hiring. "I thought my time had passed," he said. "Who wouldn't want to be a Dallas Cowboy...
Except for mother's milk, no drink boasts a more wholesome reputation for youngsters than fruit juice. Full of vitamin C, it contains no fat, and kids ) just lap it up. In fact, by age five, the average American child guzzles 9 gal. a year of the sweet-tasting stuff, most of it apple juice. But new evidence indicates that for babies less than 24 months old, consuming large quantities can actually prove harmful. The liquid fills their tiny stomachs and ruins their appetite for foods that contain nutrients and calories they need. According to a study published...
...bold attempt to contain the damage from the Whitewater affair, President Clinton went on the offensive at a nationally televised news conference to state that while he intended to cooperate "fully" with the special counsel and any congressional investigation, he also intended to stay "preoccupied with the business we were sent here to do for the American people." Responding to fresh allegations of wrongdoing -- leveled on the floor of the House by Republican Jim Leach -- the President categorically denied having tried to suppress a federal investigation of the S&L at the center of the Whitewater affair. To underline...
...more balanced in its assessment of the Mexica (pronounced mesheeca; the author insists that this is a more authentic name for the conquered people than Aztec). But Prescott's narrative has a grace and flow that Conquest simply cannot match -- not least because in the latter work countless sentences contain a hedging "presumably," "perhaps" or "it must have seemed." It's all those unsettling new facts...
...revere the tiger as a god, many still believe that the animal is the source of healing power. Shamans and practitioners of traditional medicine, especially the Chinese, value almost every part of the cat. They believe that tiger-bone potions cure rheumatism and enhance longevity. Whiskers are thought to contain potent poisons or provide strength; pills made from the eyes purportedly calm convulsions. Affluent Taiwanese with flagging libidos pay as much as $320 for a bowl of tiger-penis soup, thinking the soup will make them like tigers, which can copulate several times an hour when females are in heat...