Word: fruitful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thought Garbage Can Kids were disgusting, get ready to gag again. One of the hottest new novelty candies is Boogers, a gummy-type, fruit-flavored candy shaped like -- you guessed it -- the blobs that obstruct nasal passages. Since its introduction last year, the gross-out confection has grossed $2 million in sales (cost: 40 cents a pack). "It's the most successful introduction we've ever had," says John Sullivan of Confex, in Shrewsbury, N.J., which distributes Boogers. "It's quite a good candy," he unapologetically insists...
Military persuasion, though used intermittently, has in recent crises begun to bear fruit. Despite making little head-way with the hostages, the Reagan Administration successfully defended U.S. economic (oil and shipping) interests in the Persian Gulf by dramatically stepping up the presence of the Sixth Fleet there...
Outside the office, Sawyer is praised as unfailingly gracious and generous. When relatives of co-workers are sick, she sends cards and fruit baskets; her thank-you notes are known for their eloquence. Her own life-style, meanwhile, is far from extravagant. In the New York City apartment she occupied while single, "she preferred no decor," says a close friend. "Basically, what she had was an awful little table in the living room with a couple of small couches and some dying plants." Admits Sawyer: "I'm hopeless. I'd just as soon send out for pizza...
...Shouting "Allah Akbar!" (("God is great!")), he sent the bus hurtling down a 495-ft. ravine. The fiery plunge killed 14 people and wounded an additional 27. It was the worst single attack against Israelis since the start of the uprising. "This is a shocking disaster," Shamir said, "the fruit of a disgusting mind full of hatred...
...seeds that Hong Kong activists planted last week could produce wholesome fruit. In the short run, the colony will fight harder than it might have a few weeks ago for guarantees to preserve its British-given freedoms once it rejoins China in 1997. In the long run, Hong Kong residents could find themselves championing the very same rights on behalf of their compatriots after the colony returns to the country from which it was wrested so long...