Word: bananas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Breakfast. I eat a slice of whole grain toast, unbuttered. And a glass of orange juice. And a banana. On the way to get the banana. I notice how good the doughnuts look. But then I remember I am on a diet. I take a muffin instead...
...political life. Alluding to the Philippines' former status as a U.S. possession, Max Soliven, a columnist for the pro-Aquino Philippine Star, wrote last week: "When a government cannot overcome a rebellion without 'outside' help, I hope that this does not make it a colony, a satrapy, or a banana republic, all over again...
...know, I know, Leverett House has already seized upon the logo "Club Lev" in one edition of its annually creative house t-shirts. (I believe it was the year after the house spent itself in another flurry of originality by copying the "Banana Republic" safari logo...
Unfortunately, this naive instinct to probe mechanics becomes replaced by a jaded acceptance of its ubiquitous presence. An example of this appears in Bloom County, where Oliver Wendell Jones's Banana 2000 computer (which looks suspiciously like a Macintosh) strives to achieve simple respect, even from a young boy. While Oliver engages in computer pirating fantasies with the Banana, he feels no remorse in trashing his friend for a new model. Technology and young Oliver maintain a merely professional relationship...
Mobuto is a staunch ally of the United States. Much like Marcos in the Philipines, Noriega in Panama, Pinochet in Chile and the leaders of many other banana republics, Mobuta has been an S.O.B., but he's been our S.O.B. Loyal to a fault, he has kept communism from becoming a force in Black Africa's second largest country...