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During World War II, a factory churned out acetate, vital to weapons production, and wood alcohol. "We always had chicken pies out on the Fourth of July," Rosenstraus says, but the tradition "stopped because people...
Used to serving well-heeled diners, Shorr in 1992 decided to serve those scuffling along as well. Every other week he feeds homeless people who are making an effort to turn their lives around. More than 500 have dined gratis on everything from lasagna al forno to chicken Vesuvio at his Lincoln Park restaurant. "This is a first step in helping the homeless reassimilate into society," says Shorr. "The experience can be an incentive for them...
...Angeles Lakers made in signing Shaquille O'Neal. Since O'Neal is a spokesman for Pepsi in his spare time, Coca-Cola has decided to end its five-year sponsorship of the Lakers, since in the Atlanta firm's view, O'Neal represents the fox in the Coke chicken coop. "There was nothing to prevent Shaq from pulling out a Pepsi in the locker room during an on-camera interview," said a Coca-Cola spokesman. In fact, that's almost what O'Neal did at the press conference announcing his $123 million contract with the Lakers. With a Reebok banner...
...Navy and Coast Guard vessels patrolling the crash site--plus everyone else involved in the investigation--got a morale boost late last Wednesday night, almost exactly a week after TWA Flight 800 took its fiery plunge into the sea. Called away to the telephone just after finishing a chicken-piccata dinner at a Manhattan hotel, National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman Robert Francis returned a short while later with a brief smile and some promising news: the plane's two black boxes had been recovered...
British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind is fond of comparing the conflict over security to the "Chicken or the Egg" paradox. For Netanyahu, though, there is simply no disputing whether peace or security must come first. Netanyahu makes the compelling argument that the only peace that can ever be honored, the only "just and lasting peace" or "peace of the brave" is a peace that is premised first and foremost on security. If the previous government's philosophy was "peace is our only security," Netanyahu can be relied upon to demonstrate that Israeli hopes for peace depend upon security first...