Word: glassing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...department's celebration party the next day, the champagne added to my already delirious state. When my friend Nat--who had spent the last few weeks holed up on Cape Cod--walked in 20 minutes late, I toasted Zach and downed my glass of champagne...
Similarly, the report says, there is no convincing evidence that calcium supplements help prevent osteoporosis, a crippling bone disease prevalent in older women. The calcium RDA is 800 mg; women now consume about three-quarters of that amount. They could make up the shortfall by drinking a 5-oz. glass of low-fat milk each...
...took a rock out of her pocket, explained that it came from the top of Everest, and asked politely whether she could heave it through the studio window. "Of course," said Letterman. She chucked it with a good sidearm motion, and there was the familiar sound effect of breaking glass that Letterman fans have grown to love. Fade to commercial...
...often a series of exhausting skirmishes with small children who refuse to finish their spinach or salad. Invariably, the parental argument is: "Eat it. It's good for you." This week a new study charges that all too often what is on the plate or in the glass may not be good for you at all. In fact, reports the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental group based in New York City, farm produce sold in U.S. supermarkets and greengroceries may contain so much pesticide that it poses a serious hazard to the health of the nation...
Asked to characterize his playing style, Hinton says he tries to avoid excessive emphasis on technique. "Some people think the [pianist] should be some kind of transparent glass window that you can look through and see the composer," he explains. "I think it's more complicated than that...