Word: chewings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...about buying pet food; supermarkets now offer her some 124 canned, dry or semi-moist varieties from which to choose. Most companies test their products on their own cats and dogs. At its pet-care center near St. Louis, for example, some 450 dogs and 250 cats slurp and chew Purina pet foods. Sniffing a trend toward "gourmet" dishes for discriminating dogs, Voila Foods for Pets, Inc., was founded this year to market burgundy beef in gravy and beef-kidney stew...
...thirsty U.S. spends $3.5 billion a year on soft drinks, and 60% of that money-$2 billion-goes for carbonated cola concoctions based on the West African kola nut, which Africans chew for refreshment. With their strong cola sales, front-running Coca-Cola and runner-up PepsiCo have long dominated the soda-pop industry. Lacking a popular cola contender, Canada Dry Corp. has run a poor third despite its lead in ginger ale. Now, in a move to put more fizz in its fortunes, the company has brought out a new variety of cola drink that is 99% caffeine-free...
...goal was to wipe out U.S. forces in Viet Nam's northern provinces in order to provide a bargaining advantage in negotiations. But the U.S. command believes that Giap's aim is less ambitious, if more familiar: to surround the base camp at Khe Sanh and chew it to pieces, killing and capturing most of its American defenders while other Communist units hold U.S. reinforcements...
...Hanoi, turning the sky into a tapestry of fireballs. Later, Marine planes from Danang ventured farther north than they normally do to make an unusual night raid on Phuc Yen. The Communists filled in many of the bomb craters overnight, but U.S. planes were back the next day to chew out more. In two days, the attackers hit twelve of the until now untouchable MIGs, and wrecked the control tower, hangar and runway. By taking the wraps off Phuc Yen, the U.S. also virtually assured the exile of the North Vietnamese air force to China...
More Than He Can Chew...