Word: rolled
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...problem. A more important roadblock to new channels, in the view of the cable industry, is government regulation. In the 1992 Cable Act, Congress responded to consumer complaints about the rising cost of cable service by instructing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate rates. The FCC proceeded to roll back current rates and to establish a strict formula for how much cable operators could raise them in the future...
...contradictory figures. Fond of skintight jeans, torn T shirts and excessive amounts of black eye shadow, she combines a punkish disdain for the world with an expressive, let's-get-it-on sexuality. As the songwriter and singer of the Pretenders, she manages to create buoyant, invigorating rock 'n' roll by weaving pop music's tunefulness with punk's aggressive energy. With pulsing, loping guitar work and a ragged- edged style that retains the sound of a great garage band, the Pretenders' early records produced an array of hits like Precious and Talk of the Town...
BUSINESS: Rock 'n' Roll's Holy...
...rich person's sport, according to spending reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. During the 15 months ending March 31, candidates gave or lent their campaigns more than $28 million out of their own pocket, up from $24.3 million during the comparable period two years ago. Roll Call, a Capitol Hill biweekly, recently listed 21 candidates for the House who had already personally invested $100,000 -- nine months before Election Day. An additional 24 had put up more than...
...Khrushchev claimed, "Without Spam, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army." G.I. ration or not, Supreme Commander Eisenhower got a taste and encouraged the fiction. "I ate Spam along with millions of soldiers," he claimed. Hormel glories in the tales and lets the jokes continue to roll: "The ham that didn't pass its physical. The meatball without basic training...