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...woman friend, a cyclingrace director who finally broke her pattern of diddling mountain bikers, discovered that while a popcorn vendor might not look as hot in Lycra, he will ride the extra mile with energy to spare. Plus, he has snacks when you're finished...

Author: By Mayer Bick, | Title: Poetry and Prose | 3/1/1995 | See Source »

...started after another room had a microwave and popcorn poper along with its Laser Disc player and TV/VCR, they...

Author: By Lindsey M. Turrentine, | Title: Appliance Use High in Dorms, Houses | 1/25/1995 | See Source »

...maybe it has something to do with what they're eating: those orders of fettuccine Alfredo that the Center for Science in the Public Interest calls "a heart attack on a plate," or those tubs of greasy movie-theater popcorn, which pack four days' worth of fat into a container nearly as big as a fire bucket, or those servings of extra-rich Haagen-Dazs Triple Brownie Overload, each of which contains 44 grams of fat -- the artery clogging equivalent of half a stick of butter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fat Times What health craze? | 1/16/1995 | See Source »

...very minor part," O'Leary says. "It's the kind of thing where if you go get popcorn, you'll miss...

Author: By Adam M. Kleinbaum, | Title: Rowing Coach Has 'Wild' Role | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...gagging at the gore and the muck. It doesn't creep into your mind and make you scared to walk alone under a full moon, though. So if you think you can stomach the blood and want to see Nicholson and Pfeiffer doin' their thing, buy some microwave popcorn, sit back and watch it on video, because you can afford to miss it in the theaters...

Author: By G. WILLIAM Winborn, | Title: Mike Nichols Cooks a Wolf Badly | 7/1/1994 | See Source »

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