Word: chews
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...From Eden, despite its basically technical structure, if fun to read, even if you don't buy the theory. There is a lot of stuff to chew on and go "Oh Wow" about. The brain likes to read about itself and some of its exploits. How do you explain barbarism, empire-builders, the practice of burying the dead, the birth of religion? How did Magic Men get away with it? A lot of stuff you just assumed " was always there" has its evolution discussed here...
About 80 guests, a quarter of them male, gather in the clubhouse for cocktails (Perrier and bitters), then dinner (coq au vin, 221 calories). Conversation immediately turns to food. "Frozen Milky Way," intones East Coast Type A. A short, wistful silence. "Frozen Haagen-Dazs," invokes Marilynn. All furiously chew their detoxifying greens. "But," says Marilynn, "everyone knows that frozen things have no calories, right?" The table breaks up laughing...
...Washington a man, or group of men, he thought capable of pushing the mythical "button" that would send off a first salvo of missiles. Kissinger, who has spent more time than anyone else with the leaders of both nations, was silent for a few seconds. He began to chew at one of his gnawed fingernails. "You mean, is there anyone capable of knowingly bringing about a nuclear holocaust? ... I really do not know," Kissinger finally answered. "We talk about it a great deal, but it is beyond human comprehension. I am not sure there is any leader in either country...
Unfortunately, Harvard just bit off more than they could chew. The Crimson was forced to go up against Wilkes right after the first string wrestled Nebraska. Although the wrestlers won only two individual matches against the Big Red. the meet was highlighted by some outstanding wrestling by the Harvard team against some of this country's best mat men. Wrestling ranks as one of the top sports at Nebraska. The team members are not renowned for their scholastic achievement, they come to Nebraska to wrestle...
...collection of hip-slimming homilies to which Christie subscribes. Most of the diet tips were standard. Avoid mayonnaise, butter, margarine, oil and salad dressings, drink lots of water and no more than two glasses of wine a day. Christie, who weighs in at 124 Ibs., does not chew gum, so she chomps on raw vegetables. She makes another exception. "I prefer champagne to wine," says Christie. "The bubbles fill you up more...