Word: popped
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Opponents of the treaty, however, argue that behemoths like the CMA do not represent the mom-and-pop chemical makers which would be affected even more heavily by treaty-imposed regulations. Contrary to these claims, however, small consortia such as the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association and the National Federation of Independent Businesses have expressed support for the treaty. It seems that no one in the know--and no one who would be personally affected--is opposed to ratifying the treaty...
Coast to Coast originates from a most unlikely spot: Bell's double-trailer module home on the outskirts of the tiny desert town of Pahrump, Nevada (pop. 7,400), about 50 miles from Las Vegas. There, Bell sits at a telephone console, punching buttons to take incoming calls. Playing a mildly aggressive but avuncular host, he rarely interrogates or challenges his callers. "Instead of trying to pin them against the wall 60 Minutes-style," he says, "I help them tell their story...
...Even though it was cold, I felt I had good pop in my fastball," Schafer said. "I slowed down my curveball, placed it in there with two strikes and struck...
...fact that I am writing this column at 4:41 in the morning. But studying (and procrastinating) is hungry work, and the hours are long between the end of dinner and the beginning of breakfast in the dining halls. Once you've depleted your store of stale Pop Tarts and Mountain Dew and sampled everything that vending machine cuisine has to offer, you may find yourself actually leaving your room in search of the perfect late night nourishment, the manna of the after-midnight crowd: pizza...
...orchestra is, in fact, one of the stronger points of the Big Apple show. Most of the music accompanying the show was composed by a member of the circus company, but often the orchestra plays familiar pop hits at appropriate moments. During the stock horse act, they play a toned down version of "Groovin."' On the other hand, the orchestra sometimes gets a bit carried away with the pop music, at one point subjecting the audience 40 seconds of Grandma, the circus's star clown, dancing the evil "Macarena...