Word: hammed
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...radio operators, and each was pursuing the arcane joys of one of that burgeoning hobby's most popular specialties. It is called DXing, meaning long-distance communications. The obsessive goal of diehard DXers is to make at least one contact with each of the 318 "countries" recognized by hams around the world. Under criteria established by the American Radio Relay League, the largest ham organization, Navassa qualifies as one such country because it is more than 225 miles from its governing mainland. But no ham can talk to Navassa unless other amateurs go there...
...emigration kept the population steadily shrinking since 1931, when it was 2,392? An average of 200 days of rain per year is one reason for the discontent, but the picturesque life at an average annual cash income of $6,500 is little better than simple poverty. Mutton?stewed, ham-burgered or grilled?shows up at most meals. Drinking is a favorite sport; discarded beer cans are everywhere, even in peat deposits...
American-style croissants are more than just a fancy-sounding name for bread and butter. In addition to the traditional, or plain, variety, which usually sells for about 800, devotees can buy $2.50-plus croissants stuffed with everything from fruit preserves to ham, cheese and even beef bourguignon. "I was just looking for a cup of coffee and a doughnut, but I ended up with coffee and an apple croissant," said Stephen Fudge, a Canadian tourist in San Francisco. Added his enthusiastic companion, Susan Wood: "I'd take a chocolate croissant over a Big Mac any time...
...wage increases between 10% and 30% to compensate for the devaluation. Meanwhile, in an effort to prevent a potential price explosion from shattering the entire economy, which is already suffering from 30%-plus inflation, the government has imposed controls on more than 5,000 goods, ranging from chocolate and ham to automobiles, and has closed down businesses that are not complying...
...movie's stronger elements fail too to counteract the weakness of characters and plot The camera with in The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man emerges as surprisingly playful as Carlo Di Palma's lens follows Primo's bicycle through a car windshield and later lingers on the ham-eating lips of the wealthy. The ideas, it seems, is to play with the viewer's perceptions of really, making him connection through cinematography of his own limited vision But where the plot should continue this theme and reinforce it, confusion wells up instead. Cancelling any possible effectiveness...