Word: potatoe
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...capitalists view them as mini-refineries, bringing valuable metals up from the planet's interior and concentrating them in convenient locations. Oceanographers have long known that parts of the Pacific sea floor at depths between 14,000 ft. and 17,000 ft. are carpeted with so-called manganese nodules, potato-size chunks of manganese mixed with iron, nickel, cobalt and other useful metals. In the 1970s, Howard Hughes used the search for nodules as a cover for building the ship Glomar Explorer, which was used to salvage a sunken Soviet sub. Now several mining companies are drawing up plans...
Political gaffes--including the misspelling of the word potato by former vice president Dan Quayle--were the subject of a discussion with Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby yesterday at the Institute of Politics...
Chick-fil-A serves its own chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets, chargrilled chicken sandwiches and chick-n-strips, which are chicken tenderloins marinated and breaded. Cole slaw and waffle potato fries are offered as side dishes...
...batted in and a .345 batting average in 162 games over the past two seasons. Reliever Mesa has taken on the role of Wild Thing, with 17 saves this year in as many opportunities. And while there is no match for Serrano, there is an actual Jobu. A Mr. Potato Head-like figure with grass growing out of his head, he watches batting practice from a post near the dugout...
...whose $10 million in revenues last year were up 21% from the year before. Homestead sold $60,000 worth of orchids last year alone, triple the amount from the year before. Among this year's favorites are tropical patio plants, a 4-ft.-high golden-daisy or a blue-potato bush. "These plants are instant," says Homestead's manager, Tom Farley. "And what's instant is very popular. Our customers don't have a lot of time. They want to buy it, place it and be done...