Word: standly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...water (Cirque's founders are French Canadians) but also means to evoke the word of wonder that audiences so often express--Ohhhh!--as gorgeous bodies sail through the air or dive from a 60-ft. pedestal into the pool that occupies much of the huge stage. O could stand for the oasis of sophistication Cirque represents with this production and its sister show, Mystere, at Treasure Island, on the four-mile Strip in the desert...
...could also stand for "owe": at $100 a ticket, this $90 million production is the priciest legal attraction in Vegas. But in a town that quickly tires of old sensations, the stage magicians from Montreal have created another enticement that will not go out of style. Cirque endures. O is forever...
...know you're a red-hot pepperoni when rivals attack you and employees tremble whenever you come around. A visit from John Schnatter, the perfectionist CEO of the fast-growing Papa John's International pizza chain, makes "the hair stand up on the back of your neck," says Tracy Friedlein, who manages a company-owned pizzeria in Louisville, Ky. "You run to do everything to prove yourself." But Pizza Hut chief Mike Rawlings, who has brought a federal lawsuit charging that Papa John's "better ingredients, better pizza" campaign is false and misleading, sees Schnatter in a harsher light. "They...
...gourmet end of the spectrum, the eating gets better. Clif Bars, the taste standard of the category, are sweet and chewy, just a bit denser than a granola bar. And Balance Bars make a decent stand-in for a candy bar. The trouble is that the taste comes at a price. A honey-peanut Balance Bar has 200 calories and six grams of fat--that's twice the calories of a banana and six times the fat. Balance Bar says 30% fat is ideal, but many nutritionists say it's too high. Clif's cookies 'n cream packs...
...shocked at the immature reasoning in Lacayo's piece. He suggests that we rethink society's position on adultery, which was "taboo just a few months ago." It is still taboo; it is still wrong. I don't care how many Presidents or Congressmen commit adultery. I can't stand this raising of "nonpartisanship" as if it were some kind of lofty goal more important than truth. Even if some of us fail at times, the goal still matters. ROBERT MCCORMICK Concord, Calif...