Word: stirs
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...STARTED Take health-conscious baby boomers tired of sodas; add milk producers looking for a new market; stir...
Lydon's departure from WBUR, which produces "Connection," caused a stir in Boston. The former Boston mayoral candidate launched "Connection" in 1994 and the show's ratings have since skyrocketed. Originally intended as a local, Boston program, the show's success led it to go national...
...bigger Reality TV issue: Who is the most exciting TV enemy - man, nature or authority? In the two shows' current forms, Jeff Probst and the drill sergeants match up (thematically, if not physically) as authority-figure facilitators. Both deliver the rules, make life plenty lousy for the contestants, and stir up a little conflict along the way. Nature, be it the Outback or Parris Island, heaps on some abuse, and certainly the setting is the biggest difference between the two. But the real damage - the voting off - is done by the contestants...
Justin G. Fong’s endpaper (Magazine, “The Invasian,” March 15) has caused quite a stir. Though I happened to find it amusing, I understand why others would not; it treated a sensitive subject indelicately. Hopefully the uproar it provoked will prove constructive for the Harvard community. My problem is not with this uproar. Fong had a right to discuss chosen issues and others have the right to disagree with his opinion on them. But if Fong had a right to voice his opinion in print, as the First Amendment states...
Whoever thought a plaque could cause such a stir. On Feb. 9, a bronze tablet was unveiled in the New Hampshire State House. On the plaque a rebellious clenched fist emerged from the background, and the words "Voluntarios Internacionales" circled above a globe wrapped in a star. Just hours after its unveiling, the memorial was removed to the cheers of its opponents...