Boll Weevil is legendary for cake, but a few other items are worthy stand-outs.

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Timo Boll, the fifth-seeded German who is the world's top non-Chinese player, has profited from this.

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Even in the mid-1980s, Congress had its "gypsy moth" (liberal Republican) and "boll weevil" (conservative Democrat) factions.

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"Yes, they wait in hotels and in front of the venues, " Boll said.

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The year 1903 proved to be the most disastrous for cotton in a quarter century, because of the spread of the boll weevil.

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Boll has 5, 000 Twitter followers, but 1.1 million on Weibo.

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