Word: crackly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Government already has the power to crack down on the diet industry through the federal truth-in-advertising and mail-fraud laws. But these weapons have generally been used just against products that are truly outrageous. The Postal Service, for example, took action against diet sunglasses, which supposedly altered food color and made meals appear less appetizing, and a satin headband designed to emit electromagnetic waves that, according to the manufacturer's claims, help customers refuse to eat calorie- laden foods...
...type who thinks it would be "neat" to try crack, or who savors the wickedly orgasmic thrill of having nightmares, or who craves the speed fix that only skiing without turning can provide--in short, if you feel that there is nothing wrong with occasional immaturity, recklessness, outrageousness and lack of control--you should give metal a chance...
...great for those individuals but it still fails to address the crux of the problem which is the discriminatory policies themselves," said Bonauto. "It's one crack in the wall, but it's quite a thick wall...
Washington's mayor, videotaped allegedly smoking crack with a sultry model in a local hotel, now shamelessly raises money for re-election and is being taken seriously in the drug-ravaged city he has mismanaged...
...Smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease in the United States," said Philip Huang of the Harvard Public Health Students for Social Responsibility. "Every year 390,000 people die from smoking. It is responsible for more deaths a year than AIDS, crack, heroin, cocaine, alcohol, car accidents, fire and murder combined...