Word: breakfasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House probably would have preferred Church to handle the matter in the same way that Carter discussed it at a Wednesday breakfast with Democratic congressional leaders. Although he seemed somewhat out of step with his Secretary of State, who was treating the issue with gravity, the President appeared to view it almost lightly. He emphasized to his guests that the Soviet brigade "posed no threat" to the U.S. He added that at the time of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, Moscow had some 20,000 troops in Cuba and remnants of that force have remained there ever since. According...
...best books are parables written out of anger at some inexplicable kink in the collective psyche: blind trust in science and scientists (Cat's Cradle); faith in war as a rational activity (Slaughterhouse-Five). After a lengthy period of mellowed-out serenity (and two mediocre novels, Breakfast of Champions and Slapstick), Vonnegut is mad again. His target in Jailbird is money, specifically the odd systems that people have invented for distributing and withholding...
...College; since a stir over his housing plan three years ago, he's managed to do so while keeping a pretty low profile among students--despite his 6 ft. 8 in. height. Fox is the final arbiter of policies affecting undergraduate life--everything from how expensive your breakfast is to how spacious your suite is. Fox also wears another hat as chairman of the Administrative Board. Harvard's High Court for students who who are in trouble, academically or otherwise...
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...
...small yellow school bus with Texas license plates arrives as early as 6:45 a.m. at the Kincaid farm in Palmyra and whisks a load of children to the church, where they are fed breakfast. Those who need it are given a bath, then the teachers read stories and teach them songs. "We make home visits and try to build a relationship with the parents," says Head Start's Juan Cortes, an ex-migrant who spent his first summer in the fields at the age of four. Still, Cortes acknowledges, few parents visit their children's class, except...