Word: wrapping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mint? Really, it's all about the roots. Who was there in elementary school and junior high? Not the Wrigley's twins, not any strangely favored lifesaver, not any "curiously strong" mint. It was, always has been, and always will be good old Joe, with a comic wrap to keep that smile on your face and a familiar flavor to keep you chomping and blowing bubbles all throughout that boring science b section. Drop the act-go back to the Bazooka. J.Y. HYMAN...
Quick! Before it gets too balmy, wrap up and take a bunch of friends down to the Boston Common Frog Pond for a day of skating. Surrounded by gorgeous strands of lights, the frog pond is a great evening spot. Live music, skate rentals and the proverbial cup of hot chocolate all available. Boston Common (bordered by Charles, Beacon and Tremont Street). 635-2121. Sunday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. $3. Skate rentals...
...third period, Allman dug for the puck to the side of the net off freshman defenseman Peter Capouch's point shot and tried to wrap it home. Sprawled senior goaltender Eric Heffler denied him at the right post, but Allman recovered his own rebound and swooped around the back of the goal to stuff it in the vacant side...
Odds are your plastic food wrap is not going to kill you. You're probably in no immediate danger from the plastic bowl you used to store last night's spaghetti or from the IV bag from which you once got a blood transfusion...
Household products are less of a concern. Consumers can look for wraps made of polyethylene instead of PVC. To play it even safer, food should never be microwaved in any plastic wrap since this speeds adipate migration. Plastic bowls marked microwavable are probably safer than those that aren't; glass or china bowls are even better. Beyond that, there's little any consumer can do. "Industry develops these products for their physical characteristics," says Peter Orris, a professor of internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, "but it doesn't always test them for human toxicity...