Word: swirl
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers -- those legendary names are as synonymous with sophistication as a jet-black tuxedo, the snow-white swirl of an evening gown, a Ritz cracker . . . A Ritz cracker? According to Astaire's widow, a subsidiary of Nabisco Brands hoped to create just such a connection when it released a million packages of its familiar Ritz snack crackers decorated with dancers in formal dress. Though the faces seem airbrushed, Mrs. Astaire and the very much living Ginger Rogers see an uncanny resemblance to a photo of the famed Hollywood hoofers from the 1935 hit film...
Every year each female mussel produces approximately 30,000 eggs. When fertilized, these eggs hatch into microscopic larvae that swirl with the current. Eventually the larvae find a surface to their liking and settle down, mooring themselves with sticky, hairlike threads called byssuses. They reach sexual maturity in massive colonies that pack as many mussels into a square meter as there are inhabitants in a midsize town...
...Amid the swirl of gunshots and shouting, Gorbachev did manage to conciliate one important rival: Russian republic leader Boris Yeltsin, who agreed to increase his state's contribution to the central treasury from a tightfisted 23.4 billion rubles ($13 billion) to 80 billion rubles ($45 billion), though still short of its previous 60% share. In return, Yeltsin won concessions on budgetary accounting and greater control over the sprawling republic's enormous coal, natural gas and oil reserves. But Yeltsin withheld any endorsement of the troop deployments, arguing that "violence begets violence...
...formed a partnership with Sun and made a number of minor acquisitions, including Paradyne, a modem maker, and Istel, which customizes computer systems. But AT&T never managed to capture more than 3% of the market, and losses have mounted to as much as $3 billion. Rumors began to swirl about a possible merger as a quick fix. Among the known targets: EDS, Sperry, Digital Equipment, Wang and Data General...
This month The Nutcracker will swirl into cities all around the country. Even the plainest staging will boast Tchaikovsky's rapturous score, the party scene's gentle lesson in golden-rule manners and, for little girls, the chance to dress up in winter finery. The New York City Ballet will have George Balanchine's exquisitely aristocratic Russian version (where dance aficionados often get their first chance to see new corps members perform solos). Across the river in Brooklyn, a new offshoot of the Bolshoi Ballet will show off its own simpler production. The Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle will feature...