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...championship, the two opponents, both bestselling diet authors, were lean and mean. When the bell rang for their appearance on NBC's late-night Tomorrow show, Dr. Robert Atkins (Dr. Atkins' Diet Book) and Nathan Pritikin (The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise) spattered like fast-frying bacon. In the crossfire of insults and accusations, refereed by Tomorrow Co-Host Tom Snyder, 45, Pritikin, who advocates a low-cholesterol, high-exercise program, asserted that Atkins' high-fat, high-protein diet increased the chances of heart disease and certain cancers. After the taping, Atkins, 50, weighed in with...
Gunvor Rosen's diet would put a trucker to shame. Several truckers, in fact. Each day the Swede tucks in the equivalent of 15 eggs, 6½ Ibs. of potatoes, 41/2 Ibs. of pork and liver, one package of bacon, four steaks, twelve slices of roast beef, two quarts of ice cream, 1 Ib. of butter, several loaves of bread, 20 quarts of tea and light beer...
...Department of Health and Human Services regulations that impede the speedy testing of new consumer drugs are also under study. At the Interior Department, rules that drive up the cost of strip-mining coal are being rethought. The Administration is also looking into possible changes in the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act, which increases the cost of Government construction projects by forcing businesses to pay the prevailing union wage even when less costly workers are available...
...bacon-and-egg breakfast with Regan, however, showed that there was less room for compromise than Rostenkowski had hoped. "What about a two-year program instead of three?" he asked. Replied Regan: "If I went to the President with that offer, I'd be fired." Rostenkowski was surprised by this hardening of the Administration's position. He pledged to work for a palatable compromise, but said, "I can't sell that 5-10-10," referring...
...tent provides one wonder after another. Maury Wills is there. "Mom look, there's Maury Wills." At one end of the tent two chefs cook omelettes to order, and sausages, bagels, bacon, English muffins and fruits are piled all round them. The rain and the waiting has made me hungry. The chef flips a free omelette...