Word: gummed
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First, the basic facts about human fat are at odds with the story. Fat does not last very long outside the body and would be of little use once stored in dirty, returnable bottles of Inca Kola, Peru's electric yellow, bubble gum-flavored soda. Says Dr. Roni Luna, a plastic surgeon in Lima: "Human fat has no value. It can be removed from one part of a person's body and injected into another part of the same person, but that's it. Anyone who has taken a rudimentary class in human biology can tell you that decomposition would...
...dish on TV a few days earlier, didn't see it that way. "I wish I could taste what I see on TV," he said. "They used fresh ingredients. By the time this gets to you, it's a salty mush. I'm sure Kevin didn't put guar gum...
...Don’t Stop” is lacking a signature single. There’s no “Heartbeat” here; there’s barely even a “Chewing Gum.” But it makes up for the absence of immediate standouts by consistently delivering the goods: there are more hooks on this album than some pop artists deliver in a lifetime. From the disco minimalism of the title track to the spaced-out lustfulness of “Take You Home,” this is electropop as it should be?...
...based analysts at investment bank Jefferies International wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday. A possible joint Nestlé-Hershey bid to break up Cadbury - with Pennsylvania-based Hershey taking the bulk of its chocolate business and Switzerland's Nestlé swallowing the rest along with Cadbury's gum brands - "would seem to make sense," the analysts said...
...activists fear that Kenya's leaders might revive plans for a local tribunal in a further bid to make sure the envelope's contents never become known. That could gum the works for the ICC, which can only intervene when a country's own judicial system isn't up to the task. "Odinga and Kibaki might end up supporting a tribunal as a fallback strategy," says Hassan. "Of course, the Kenyan public still has very little faith in the local process...