Word: americanizing
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...candy mogul; in Miami. Mars took over the Mars company from his father, who created the Milky Way bar in 1923. In 1940, Mars produced a slow-to-melt candy that was perfect for an era without air conditioning--and M&M's became a staple of American life, finding their way into World War II G.I. ration kits and children's school lunch bags. The treat, along with the firm's other name brands (from 3 Musketeers to the pet food Sheba), earned the Mars family a $16 billion fortune. An eccentric recluse, he gave only one interview...
Sources--Good News: Nutrition and Cancer (upcoming issue); Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (7/99). Bad News: JAACAP (7/99); New England Journal of Medicine (7/1/99...
...book has been controversial, not because Mahbubani offers a particularly lurid answer to the title question--actually, he equivocates--but because of his belief that Asia is destined for greater world power, at American expense. Critics have called him anti-Western, but Mahbubani's argument is really with Western arrogance, with leaders who insist capitalism and democracy are the answer for all nations. In fact, he says, the West's hubris is accelerating its decline and polluting relations with proud, ambitious nations such as China and Japan...
...movie that virtually created the Mafia as literary and cinematic subject. Forget The Fortunate Pilgrim, The Sicilian, The Last Don and other best sellers. Forget Superman, Earthquake and the rest of the blockbusters. Forget two Academy Awards. Forget that he wrote some of the best stuff ever about the American family and the Italian-American immigrant experience. Forget that all this was done by the son of illiterate immigrant parents...
SAFER SIZZLING It may be as American as apple pie, but barbecuing can also produce cancer-causing compounds. Now there is a tasty alternative. Researchers report that marinating beef before grilling--they chose Hawaiian teriyaki and Indian turmeric-garlic marinades--can reduce carcinogens as much as 67%. The meat was marinated overnight, but researchers think just an hour or two may suffice...