Word: waxed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jezak can't help but wax rhapsodic when he gets going, "It's totally American. Drag racing was born in America, people come from all over to see it." It's hard to dispute the particular American-ness of the whole thing. Weaving between the last few cars waiting for their final run of the night, we pass a slim, demure-looking girl with glasses and a pink sweatshirt. She's chatting with a man tinkering with the monstous engine of his Mustang. "What's it like running out there?" she responds to our question, "Tonight was shitty. The accelerator...
McCarthy said the officials believed that the group had caused $800 worth of damage in a demonstration a few months ago. Specific damage included candle wax dripping onto the bricks...
This week and next week, a little bit earlier than most of us wanted to think about it, the Class of 1999 was called in to pose for yearbook pictures. One could wax eloquent about how funny we all looked trying on caps and gowns, but there was something much more amusing going on at the Yearbook Office. Each student being photographed was told to check off items on a list of activities, showing those they had participated in during college and indicating any offices they might have held in those activities...
...Helsinki airport, a Coke vending machine has a mobile number instead of a coin slot--dial up the machine and a Coke drops out, with the charge appearing on your phone bill. There's also a Helsinki car wash you can operate without leaving your car: dial 1 for wax and 2 for no wax...
...mother of all IC probes could result, enveloping Clinton and Gore and even Republican standard-bearer BOB DOLE, whose campaign also benefited from issue ads like the ones in question. "In the real world," says a senior Administration hand, "it comes down to the whole ball of wax. No self-respecting independent counsel is going to stop at some artificial line...