Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next visit we tasted the Chili Dog. This dog was drowning in what passes in Chicago for chili, a concoction of ground beef and kidney beans more notable for its heat than its spice. We also tried the Basic Dog. Here, at last, was the dog we had sought, unadorned--well, except for mustard, ketchup, relish, etc. Ya gotta have those...
...says he predicts success for Chicago Frank's anticipating the run-off from Charlie's and hungry River Rats as his clientele. But Frank's isn't likely to lure too many Harvard students away from House grilles as long as it closes at 11 p.m., serves even its Basic Dogs for as much as $2.25 and fails to diversify its menu beyond wieners to include Polish sausage and cheeseburgers (which it is supposed to do shortly...
Most of the clubs operate on the same basic principle: a group of people, often ten or 20, contribute the same amount of money each month to a kitty, which is immediately loaned to one of them. All club members, including the borrower, continue to make the monthly payments until everyone has received the purse once. By that time, each participant has borrowed and repaid the entire loan. The organizer, who is typically female, keeps a record of payments and vouches for newcomers until the club disbands. "It's like Weight Watchers," says Ivan Light, a professor of sociology...
...basic requirement in this line of work is authority: moral certitude, calm omnicompetence in the face of murderous excess and, if you can manage it, a touch of mature irony about the Sisyphean nature of law enforcement and order restoration. Like that other great fantasy form, the evening news, shoot-to-thrill movies require the services of an anchorman, someone who can ground implausible events in an attractive, recognizable reality...
...gravity on earth (one G) to zero G in space to 0.38 G on Mars. "We're nowhere near ready to send a human to Mars," says Dr. Michael Bungo, director of NASA's Space Biomedical Research Institute at the Johnson Space Center. "We've got years more of basic research...