Word: excelsior
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...first annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony held at MIT was not so typical. The Ig Nobel prizes honoring individuals for irreproducible results in humanities and the sciences were made possible by the generosity of the late Ignatius ("Ig") Nobel, "the mythical inventor of soda pop and co-inventor of Excelsior," and possible relative of Alfred...
...social fabric by asking people to make too many sacrifices they do not understand. Disappointment could begin to catch up with Salinas. The 70% approval ratings that marked his first year in office have plummeted below 44%, according to the results of an unpublished poll taken by the newspaper Excelsior. Now the talk is of his autocratic style of rule: he is likened with varying degrees of enthusiasm to Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher...
...already tense U.S.-Mexican relations. Last week, as word of his capture leaked out, Mexican newspapers and politicians let loose a torrent of protest against high-handed Yanqui tactics. "The intervention in Mexican territory, once again, is extremely dangerous for the sovereignty of the nation," complained the national daily Excelsior. Unfazed by the diplomatic heat, DEA agents hint that more snatches may be in the works. They plan to pay a bounty of more than $100,000 to the shadowy team that spirited Alvarez Machain out of Mexico. Says a DEA investigator: "There are a lot of guys looking over...
...aging of the population is probably one reason. "Women were complaining that they couldn't find appropriate bathing suits," says Ruth Rubinstein of New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology. "Most were made for the very young who had perfect bodies." Asserts John Rogoff, senior vice president of Excelsior, which markets the Esther Williams line: "There's a tremendous trend toward modesty and conservatism...
After an Ice-Age news bulletin that announces the sighting of a sunrise, we enter the scene with an introduction from Sabina (Kristin Gasser), who services the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey. As the too-big-for-her-britches and too-bright-for-her-job housekeeper warns us, this play makes no sense. "It can't even decide if we're living in caves or in New Jersey," she declares. Throughout the play, Sabina, portrayed with superb wit and giddiness by Gasser, continues to step outside of the drama and remind us that this is only a play...