Word: popular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...global economic integration, led by multinational companies, gathers momentum, a popular backlash is building. Protesters aren't against trade, but they want corporation-friendly rules to include social concerns--the environment, labor rights, Third World poverty. And they want it now. More than 775 nongovernment organizations have registered with the WTO, bringing some 2,100 observers. "The WTO is an octopus with an arm into every little crevice of democracy," says Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch lobby. "It trumps domestic laws and international treaties and imposes one-size-fits-all rules...
There's another downside. I used to think I was missing lots of phone calls by spending so much time online. Now I have to face the fact that I'm not as popular as I thought. Isn't technology great...
...million Total take for Ben-Hur, 1959's most popular movie...
...million Gross so far for Star Wars Episode I, 1999's most popular movie...
...most popular size, according to Moreau, is a 16-pound bird, which feeds about eight people with plenty of leftovers...