Word: gross
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dispute flared shortly after Kenner Products, which makes the Savage Mondo Blitzers line of action toys, said it will bow to protests against the gross-out figures by changing some of their names. Although such characters as Barf Bucket, Snot Shot and Bad Fart will remain on store shelves, they could become less irritating to parental ears...
...impact has been just as severe in Canada, where oil and gas are a bedrock of the economy, contributing nearly 12% of the $588 billion gross domestic product. Since 1989, nearly 15% of the Canadian work force has been & laid off, and major producers are shuttering refineries and closing thousands of service stations. Last year Imperial Oil, owned largely by Exxon, posted the first loss in its 111-year history. Another giant, Gulf Canada Resources Ltd., stunned the industry last month by walking away from its stake in a huge undersea oil project on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland...
...gross oversight on the part of the coaches to not send Sam," said Peckham. "He earned the right to go to nationals...
...government may have offered them a clue late last week. The Commerce Department reported that newfound strength in consumer spending helped the nation's gross domestic product grow at an annual rate of 0.8% in the final three months of 1991, more than twice as fast as earlier estimates. While that number is still not much to cheer about, it does offer some evidence that Americans might be shaking off those recession blues. And the recovery, if it happens at all, will be something less than a surge...
...Syracuse. After a five-month probe at New Jersey's Meadowlands arena, a grand jury documented 20 cases in which Burns guards beat or otherwise abused patrons between 1987 and 1990. Burns has since been fired, and the grand jury has accused the arena's management of a "gross error in judgment" for renewing a contract with the security firm...