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Americans, it seems, have been mowing with abandon lately. A thesis about why so many have gained so much weight puts the blame squarely on America's huge, well-oiled, heavily advertised food industry. There may be salad bars at the local fast-food joints, but to find them customers have to run a gauntlet of starchy, beefy delights and breathe air perfumed with the scent of rendered lard. According to the Agriculture Department, the food and restaurant industries spend $36 billion a year on advertisements designed to entice hungry people to forgo fresh fruit and sliced vegetables for Ring...
Trevor is best known as a writer of short stories, and his gifts for compression and a resonant allusiveness do not abandon him over the longer haul of a novel. He makes every one of his words matter; Felicia's Journey is packed with extraordinary passages. Here is a look at the homeless, to whose ranks Felicia has been driven: "Hidden away, the people of the streets drift into sleep induced by alcohol or agitated by despair, into dreams that carry them back to the lives that once were theirs." To take Felicia's journey is to encounter an exemplary...
...interest in another time-consuming try for the Cup himself, having & already proved to himself and the world that an inexperienced yachtsman could beat the pros. But after running TV spots about his 1992 win to boost his home-state standing, he could ill afford to abruptly abandon the sport. Moreover, Cup-related expenditures are tax-deductible. With market research showing waning interest in the event, a women's team was a way to do well by doing good. "The sport needed a shot in the arm," says coach Kimo Worthington. "It's boring to watch the same old guys...
...worst Northern California flooding in nearly a decade grew worse today as oozing mud swamped the state's southern half, forcing thousands of people to leave their homes and abandon cars in raging water. In the north, at least three people were killed when trees or power lines fell on vehicles as seven rivers overflowed their banks...
Unable to run its half court offense effectively, Harvard instead relied on getting its points on the free throw line. Which was a good plan, since the referees began to call fouls with reckless abandon...