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1. | Unfortunately, I'm only a tax-paying ___. |
7. | They'd declare that eggshells are ___ if a lobbyist asked them to. |
9. | The French fry industry has ___ petitioning the USDA for years. |
10. | How ___ you consider a product that's deep-fried in oil to be fresh? |
13. | I wish I were a ___. |
15. | The ___ defends its decision. |
17. | "You must ___ joking," said Annie, 50. |
18. | The French fry industry has been ___ing the USDA for years. |
19. | They say their product is ___ to cucumbers that have a wax coating. |
20. | ___ them sit on your countertop for a couple of weeks. |
21. | The industry has been petitioning USDA for years to ___ this approval. |
22. | USDA defends ___ decision, saying that potatoes are vegetables. |
24. | The fries "___ rot" just like all other fresh vegetables. |
28. | Oil is much healthier for consumers than plain ___. |
29. | Most consumers, of course, ___ to differ. |
30. | You ___ be joking. |
35. | They use vegetable oil, which is much ___ for consumers than wax. |
36. | I wish I ___ a lobbyist, so my congressman would help me. |
37. | They use vegetable oil, which is healthier for consumers ___ plain wax. |
38. | Their product is similar to cucumbers that ___ a wax coating. |
39. | Frozen French ___ are now approved as "fresh vegetables." |
40. | Consumer advocates say the USDA has ___ touch with consumers. |
41. | Although French fries ___ fried in oil, they ___ still potatoes. |
42. | Frozen French fries--sliced, ___ in oil, and then packaged--are now.... |
43. | The federal government has yielded to the French ___ industry. |
44. | Advocates say the USDA ___ totally lost touch with consumers. |
46. | How can you consider a product that's ___-fried to be a fresh vegetable? |
48. | ...vegetable oil, which is ___ healthier for consumers than plain wax. |
50. | I'm only a ___-paying citizen. |
53. | If you let them sit on your ___ for a couple of weeks, a USDA.... |
54. | They say their product is similar to cucumbers that have a wax ___. |
55. | "They'd probably declare that eggshells are nutritious," said one ___. |
57. | They ___ that their product is similar to cucumbers. |
58. | ___ product is similar to cucumbers that have a wax coating. |
61. | ___ advocates say the USDA has totally lost touch with ___s. |
62. | USDA defends its decision, saying that potatoes ___ are vegetables. |
64. | Their product ___ similar to cucumbers that have a wax coating. |
66. | French fries are now ___d as "fresh vegetables." |
67. | ___ French fries--sliced, fried in oil, and then packaged--are now.... |
68. | Can you consider a product that's deep-fried in oil to be a ___ vegetable? |
69. | Although French fries are fried in ___, they are still potatoes. |
70. | ___ if I steamed broccoli, I could no longer call it fresh broccoli. |
71. | A USDA spokesman said the fries "will rot" ___ other fresh vegetables. |
72. | They argue that they use 100-___ vegetable oil. |