Word: jumbo
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...from nearly every item of houseware. Now it has got around to the lowly bottle opener. Perhaps inspired by a mental picture of millions of infantilized men sucking on beer bottles as they watch football (or soccer) on TV, Morozzi used the baby rattle as a model, producing a jumbo-size plastic opener that is both playful and elegant. It comes in black and white and -- yes -- blue and pink...
...replaced with condos, the Cambridge Historical Commission recently voted to consider the building for historical designation and protection. Today, the store’s staff is as eclectic as its merchandise. Fluorescent-haired employees scurry through feathered and gingham racks of clothes, asking each other for price checks on jumbo Afros or extra pairs of bejeweled ruby slippers, in men’s sizes. “It’s the only place I know of where you can find cute vintage purses and cheap pleather go go boots all under one roof,” said an employee...
...fuss reminds me of one of dose words," said Kingfish. "Mumbo jumbo...
...became Austin's mayor. As luck would have it, Austin was in the market for a new airport to replace the 63-year-old one the city had long outgrown. Bergstrom, with its 12,250-ft. runway, on which giant B-52 bombers could land, was ideal for the jumbo jets that carry the international air-cargo traffic Austin wanted to attract. So the city seized the opportunity, wading through mounds of federal red tape to have the base transferred to it and persuading reluctant airlines to relocate to a facility that would need extensive renovation for commercial traffic...
...actual details of “Stealth” are more mind-numbing, but it’s really a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to allow us to look at sculpted bodies and watch pretty planes zoom by while things blow up. Lt. Purcell, Lt. Ben Gannon (Lucas), and Lt. Kara Wade (Biel) are the three U.S. Navy pilots chosen to fly highly advanced Stealth fighter jets—I know, this ragtag bunch just screams “elite.” But the drama heats up when a fourth unit...