Word: wente
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...clocked them at 123.6), but some seemingly innocent foods also showed their unhealthy hidden natures: the Refried Beans had 105.1 percent calories from fat, the Vegetarian Chili (VGN) had 110.2 percent, and even the Tortilla Chips reached an artery-clogging 113.0 percent. Yet the grand prize for the day went to the Grilled Tex-Mex Vegetables (VGN), which at 203.4 percent set the new record for a ratio between zero...
...inspectors went out on a series of surprise inspections Tuesday, testing Iraqi compliance ahead of Richard Butler's report to the U.N. later this week. Iraq, however, may be planning a new, risky gambit. "Iraq is downgrading its presence at the U.N. and may at this point actually want a U.S. military strike to boost its campaign for international support against sanctions," says Dowell. In other words, an exchange of bigger pieces may be on the horizon...
Ling, an Oklahoma high school dropout, went into the electronics business in 1946 with a $3,000 stake. To finance his earliest acquisitions, he hired salesmen to peddle shares of Ling Electric Co. door to door in Dallas and even set up a booth at the Texas State Fair. Brokers laughed, but investors did well. "The genesis of our business was diversification," says Ling of his rapid expansion, which included everything from aircraft to baseball mitts...
NYLON STOCKINGS Nylon was created in 1938 DuPont found the killer app in 1940 when the first nylon stockings went on sale. Women gladly paid $1.15 a pair, twice the price of silk stockings...
TEDDY BEAR Brooklyn candy-store owner and his wife introduced a plush brown bear in 1902. President "Teddy" Rooseveit lent his nickname. Early bears are now so valuable that a 1904 Steiff Teddy went for $166,000 at a 1994 Christie's auction...