Word: chickening
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Some freshmen were treated to a chicken surprise Saturday night, but it wasn't at the Union...
...third of five triples, the especially treacherous one, is something called a triple Salchow-double toe loop combination. Twice in a row now, including at the nationals, she has abbreviated it. "I don't know why I chicken out. A lot of times in practice, you'll take off completely crooked on a hard jump and still land it. If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you imagine. I'm going to land that one in the Olympics . . . if it kills...
...Kenya, chicken is special," Mamboleo says, adding that chicken was once one of her favorite foods. But at the Freshman Union, she says, "every day we have chicken, chicken, chicken" and now she is sick of it. She says she has not sampled the dining service's lasagna, another of her favorite dishes, out of fear that she will lose her love...
Elvis Presley throbs from the jukebox as bobby-soxed waiters and waitresses improvise dance steps between servings. A young business crowd samples such unautomated Automat classics as fish cakes, macaroni and cheese, and chicken pot pie, all of which, alas, pale beside memories of the originals. The menu also includes diet-destroying desserts like the $12.95 "Kitchen Sink" sundae. Dine-O-Mat's gravy has the consistency of fudge sauce, but the mashed potatoes are good, and the trip back in time is sustaining...
Knight-Ridder's move ends years of high-stakes poker and initiates a risky game of chicken. By placing the future of the Free Press (and its 2,200 employees) squarely in the lap of the Attorney General, Knight-Ridder is gambling that Meese will have no choice but to save the paper. To up the odds, the company has launched an all-out public relations blitz designed to win over local opponents and to sway Meese. After last week's board meeting, Chapman scheduled private meetings with leaders of the paper's unions and Mayor Coleman Young...