Word: shelfful
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...deeply suspicious of G.M. foods. Quite apart from any potential health and environmental risks, forcing Zambia to accept genetically modified corn would cause its export economy to collapse: the E.U. would either refuse the corn altogether, or accept it, label it, and have consumers leave it on the shelf. And it’s not as if the U.S. was shipping Zambia the bargain-basement corn that nobody wanted—G.M. corn is more expensive for the U.S. to send than regular corn. If the farmers of Zambia grew it they would have to pay royalties every year...
...dearth of big roles means a short shelf life for actresses. Meryl Streep, who was once an elevated women's-film genre all her own, found that she got fewer fulfilling roles as she hit her 40s. Streep, 53, enjoyed a comeback this season with her starring role in The Hours and a strong, bizarre supporting part in Adaptation. She could well win Oscar nominations for both...
Captain Kalen Ingram found the top shelf on the penalty kill, falling to the ice as she ripped a short-handed shot into the upper right corner...
...fiance Michael Colovos. Habitual jeans' subtle washes and tailored details such as welt pockets and bound buttonholes have become the overnight favorites of models like Gisele Bundchen and Carolyn Murphy. The jeans are so hot that Barney's and Fred Segal can't keep them on the shelf, and they are rumored to have Levi's creative team in a tizzy. Of course, Levi's is a 130-year-old multibillion-dollar global brand, and Habitual is a shoestring outfit based in a studio in New York City's Hell's Kitchen. "A lot of innovation credit is being given...
...encountered in Edgar R. Snow's Red Star Over China. He was too late, of course: Deng Xiaoping had already started his radical transformation of the country. Undaunted, Brahm folded his romantic visions of a communist utopia between the pages of his Little Red Book, left it on the shelf and plunged headlong into a rapidly modernizing China. He apprenticed himself to a British law firm and from there moved into consulting for multinational corporations trying to get into China. His romance with the country deepened with his marriage to the daughter of a Chinese general?a relationship that...