Word: gal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Today the pampered pigs travel first-class in their own custom trailer, equipped with fans over each pen and a system that changes the air inside every two minutes. Their 100-gal. on-board water supply is laced with sulfa powder and penicillin to ward off scours, the dread hog diarrhea. Each year the company holds a contest among employees to name the racers. Samples from this year's roster: Hamtastic, Leaping Loin, Chop Sooee, Boared Stiff, Charlie Choplin...
...Reagan's aides were concerned that their man would be demeaned by the Busby Berkeley choreography. Others joked about his pressing the game-show-size button to flash a laser beam that lighted the Lady. A malfunction, and there goes Star Wars. But the old actor, like the old gal to whom he paid tribute, seemed to rise above the script, as they say in Hollywood, and share the dignity that she never lost. His words were simple and heartfelt: "We are the keepers of the flame of liberty; we hold it high tonight for the world...
They played Baby Gal, and Owens sang in a register higher than a cat can hit when you step on its tail: "Ain't got no clothes, baby gal,/ Can't go nowhere." Spires said they get together about once a month, and they never "need no training up," so accustomed are they to one another's rhythms. "Say it loud and draw a crowd!" Bud Spires hollered as Jack Owens wailed, "You're tryin' to quit me now,/ But you don't know how." It began raining, and fat drops played the roof while the two friends played...
...against an average of major currencies, makes journeys to other countries more expensive and less attractive to many Americans. At the same time, the dollar's dip makes U.S. tourist spots a bargain for foreigners. If all that were not enough, the falling price of gasoline (83 cents per gal. for regular unleaded, vs. $1.17 in September) has made it especially appealing for Americans to hit the road. In short, the forecast for the U.S. travel industry is sunny and clear...
...been very selective, but also very lucky." At the moment, he is eager to talk about the future of the soft-drink business, a topic on which he is extremely bullish. Most of that future, as Goizueta sees it, is overseas. The average American now consumes 50 gal.--the equivalent of 533.3 12-oz. bottles--of soft drink per year, but consumption abroad averages only 15% of that. Says Goizueta: "We have tremendous room for growth." As the company prepares to toast its triumphs with more kinds of Coke than John Styth Pemberton could ever have imagined, industry experts fully...