Word: spun
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...started a number of rollup companies, including U.S.A. Floral Products and Consolidated Capital. In the process, he drew some criticism—Forbes Magazine said “Ledecky spun an attractive yarn,” building companies on “glib gab”—from those who perceived Ledecky as making a quick fortune and then cutting and running...
...those SpongeBob Cheez-It crackers from your kid's hands, you're not alone. Public-health advocates say food advertising aimed at children has spun out of control--infiltrating schools, sports arenas, the Web and, of course, TV, where it has become ubiquitous, thanks to the explosion of 24/7 children's programming on cable and satellite. Killing the messenger won't cure the childhood-obesity epidemic, experts agree. But calls are rising for the Feds to crack down, as a growing body of research suggests that all this advertising is doing a terrific job of whetting kids' appetite for fatty...
...agent at FBI headquarters complains to a Minnesota agent on Aug. 27 that he is getting people "spun up" about Moussaoui. The agent replies that he is worried Moussaoui will "take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center...
...Tell them we'll beat Yale." Haines refused to support him, but when the reporter questioned him further he agreed that he wouldn't say that the crew wouldn't beat Yale. When the questioner tried to pursue the subject further the coach let out a great shout and spun the wheel of the coaching launch around in great haste, so that the launch was gone in a twinkling without any more discussion of the crew situation...
...headed north for Mandalay, Burma's second-largest city, which I had first visited via dilapidated train from Rangoon, a trip so punishingly long that giant spiders had spun terrifying webs from the luggage racks by the time we arrived. On this occasion, I went by air, which meant landing at one of the most eerie monuments to Burma's economic mismanagement: Mandalay International Airport. Topped with baroque spires to recall the palatial splendors of Burma's royal past, the airport was completed in 2000 at an estimated cost of $150 million. Today, ox carts ply its grand, four-lane...