Word: chickening
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...carft speeches that are more likely to grab attention, Bush has hired Steve Provost, vice president of public affairs at KFC,nee Kentucky Fried Chicken. Given his connection to organizations that sleeken unwieldy phrases, Provost's work promises to yield some interesting Bushisms...
...yesterday morning, Harvard workers arrived at the docks, equipped with essentials for the month-long trip--including 400 lbs. of chicken legs, 700 lbs. of peeled tomatoes, 500 lbs. of ketchup, 100 lbs. of onions, 100 lbs. of cabbage and a bunch of Harvard hats...
...Georgia's legislature plans to consider a $150,000 grant to the University of Georgia to find ways to increase the hatching rate (now 30%) and reduce chick mortality. "It's beyond the fad stage," claims Kenny Page, avian-medicine professor at the university. "It is where the chicken industry was 30 years...
...liken in taste to beef tenderloin. At about $20 per lb., there's a wealth of cuts to be had from the average 400-lb. bird. Ostrich meat is healthful as well: half the calories of beef, one- seventh the fat and considerably less cholesterol, and it even bests chicken and turkey in those categories. Huntington's, a posh eatery in Dallas' Galleria, serves, among other ostrich specialties, a blackened fillet, an ostrich tortilla pizza and a hibiscus-smoked ostrich salad. "Our customers thought we were kidding at first. Ostrich?" says restaurant manager Monika Cundiff. "But then they became fascinated...
...mundane chores: washing clothes in the hospital laundry room and cooking in a tiny employee kitchen. Nothing is easy. Soap goes into the washing machines, but clothes are often forgotten. Because schizophrenics have certain cognitive problems, they have trouble generalizing the principles behind the chores. Thus learning to fry chicken doesn't mean they will know how to cook a hamburger. Technical skills can be mastered only by constant repetition. "I can't drive a car. I can't follow a map," complains a 40-year-old female patient. "I have no idea what a computer is. It's really...