Word: bacons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ingenuity in living than in worrying and guarding against subtle hazards. Perhaps the surest sign that the admonitory mood is taking a toll is the fact that Americans have begun to write advice columnists about the problems that all the cautions cause. Warnings about cholesterol in eggs, nitrate in bacon, caffeine in coffee (and, a while back, risky chemicals in even the decaffeinated variety) have sapped the fun out of eating breakfast for some people, it seems. Wrote one such: "I'd try bread and water, but I'm pretty sure that as soon as I begin...
...made up with Irish linen. On one bulkhead hung a wooden crucifix of Celtic design, a reminder of Ireland's role as an ancient and proud daughter of the church. A man with a hearty appetite, John Paul was offered a sumptuous menu that included fresh fruit, bacon and sausages, black-and-white pudding, cheese and biscuits, and tea or coffee...
...thought we had given so-called 'punk rock' a bad enough name--what with the chains, the leather and Sid Vicious' 'suicide'--but then the critics turned around and called it 'new wave.' We thought disco would bring home the bacon, but what has John Travolta done for us lately? We thought the days of the early 1970s would go on forever, the time when we could deal with a few big names like Elton John, Wings, Lead Dirigible, whoever. But we didn't have it wired...
Scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast. A cheeseburger and French fries for lunch. A slab of roast beef and a sour cream-topped baked potato for dinner Typical of the American lifestyle, such fatty, cholesterol-rich foods have long been cited by doctors as the primary cause of coronary artery disease, the nation's No. 1 killer. To keep the arteries unclogged, they have been urging a diet low in fats, stressing vegetables, poultry and fish over beef, eggs and dairy products...
...wrote English Essayist Francis Bacon in 1625. For centuries his countrymen have been doing their best to turn their rocky little island into a facsimile of Eden. England is a nation of gardeners, and at no time has the national green thumb been more visible. The English Tourist Board has declared...