Word: gummed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senator John McCain perked up enormously when a page delivered a phone message. What fun, a hall pass! It would be a cheap shot, looking down from the press gallery, to comment on hair. But on a per capita basis, the Senate must contain the largest number of adult gum chewers in the country...
...April 1956, I got lucky and landed a job as a business writer at TIME. "Son," my interviewer had asked, "do you know anything about business?" Stretching reality like bubble gum, I replied, "Sure, sure, I like business very much." In fact, I didn't know a stock from a bond. But I got the job anyway...
...evening while we were out hunting, I sat down with John to watch the desert sunset. John was 14 and had stopped attending school the year before. I asked him why. He said he didn't need it. And as I looked into the sunset over the gnarled gum trees, I tried desperately to formulate a response. I couldn't. I couldn't disagree with...
Nicotine-replacement therapy is designed to temper the acute symptoms of withdrawal, such as irritability, sleeplessness and anxiety. Nowadays you have a choice between gum, skin patches or nasal sprays. These substitutes still deliver nicotine to your bloodstream, but more slowly than smoking does and at a lower dose. Gums and sprays work more quickly to ease withdrawal, although doctors report that these products are also subject to abuse. Many people find the patches easier to use, and they are better suited to those who suffer from nasal allergies or sinusitis. Pregnant women, heart patients and folks with high blood...
...Airline pilots in Germany asked their employers to start offering nicotine gum to stop smoking passengers from having an attack of "airrage" during long flights. (Suggested co-star: wrestler Steve Austin...