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...growing enormous quantities of corn and wheat, most of which is processed and refined to be tastier and more convenient but is less nutritious. They are raising vast herds of cattle whose meat is laden with the fat that makes it taste so good. They are producing milk, butter and cheese by the tankerload, again full of the fat that humans crave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Evolution: How We Grew So Big | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...thanks to mass production, all that food is relatively cheap. It's also absurdly convenient. In many areas of the U.S., if you had a craving for cookies a century ago, you had to fire up the woodstove and make the dough from scratch. If you wanted butter, you had to churn it. If you wanted a steak, you had to butcher the cow. Now you jump into the car and head for the nearest convenience store--or if that's too much effort, you pick up a phone or log on to the Internet and have the stuff delivered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Evolution: How We Grew So Big | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...liked the airline's service along with being able to rack up frequent-flyer miles on transcontinental flights, American has lost some even to the likes of JetBlue, a low-cost alternative with amenities like seat-back TVs. "The business traveler used to be American's bread and butter, but the butter is a little thinner these days," admits executive vice president Dan Garton. But American's elite clientele will see improvements this summer--a low-carb, high-protein breakfast as well as more power ports--and more frequent service on the main bicoastal routes, like New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The American Dream | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...pleasure of TV on DVD is getting to revisit another era--sometimes two eras at once. The Jetsons Season 1 (Warner Home Video; $64.92) is as much about New Frontier 1962 as about the distant future. Its ditzy slapstick is like the peanut-butter-and-jelly mix Goober Grape--if you didn't love it as a kid, you're not going to acquire the taste as an adult--and the pop-culture gags (like rock star Jet Screamer and his hit Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah) have not aged well. But the animation is still a classic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Meet George Jetson--Again | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...However, it would be very important for me to ascertain if anybody is allergic to peanut butter. It is important that we know about the people we are trying to help before we rush to help them with a peanut butter sandwich,” he said...

Author: By Evan M. Vittor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.S. Ill-Prepared for Effects of Attack | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

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