Word: kleenex
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...must confess that I really don't have any clue where row PP really is. But I sense that I ought to invest in some Kleenex stock, pronto...
Rollerblade is actually a brand name that has, Kleenex-style, become synonymous with the type of product itself. Those in the know call the contraptions "in-line skates" to distinguish them from their passe cousins, roller skates...
...worked up about is the U.S. sports-drink market, a billion- dollar retail segment that has been growing about 10% annually. It will take world-class contenders like these to unseat the defending champion, Quaker Oats Co.'s Gatorade, which accounts for some 90% of nationwide sales. , Like Kleenex in the tissue market and Xerox among copiers, Gatorade has become the generic word for sports drinks...
...business, ever on the rampage for the novel and always primed to roust a sell-out. Some divide alternative rock fans into two groups--those who have been at this game for years and those who have only just begun to put bands in the same category as kleenex--use them up and throw them away. The latter are accused of posing; the former, of snobbery. Everyone is, of course, up-to-the-minute hip. Novelty obscures quality sometimes, and it's creepy...
Maybe your group really is all set. But to be ready for anything in these final hours, you should adopt the Boy Scouts' motto: Be Prepared. Have the kleenex handy, keep the lines of communication open and stay calm. And then, the only thing you can do is wait. --Molly B. Confer...