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...others suggested. Some experts estimate that his presence on the ticket in 1988 cost Bush as many as 3 percentage points in the popular vote. Since then, a series of flaps -- the great "potatoe" spelling bee, the anatomically correct doll that Quayle brought back from an official trip to Chile, the Murphy Brown "family values" dispute and a host of misstatements and misspoken lines -- only added to the popular view that Quayle was not ready for prime time. "Gore has written a book," says the Democrat's friend, outgoing Colorado Senator Tim Wirth, "and Quayle can't spell...
...common belief among the pepperati nowadays is that a dose of hot chile, while not strictly medicinal, stimulates the senses and clears the mind, prodding the palate to the threshold between pleasure and pain. There are even some aficionados who tell of a "chile high," produced by the body's endorphins in reaction to the sting of the pepper...
...best argument for chile, however, is that it is ideal for invigorating low-fat, potentially bland dishes and that it is healthful, plentiful and cheap. Peppers are also in tune with the nation's changing demographics. "For most of our early history," says Chile Pepper editor DeWitt, "immigration was from central Europe -- England, Ireland, Germany -- countries not renowned for their hot and spicy cuisines. In the past half-century, immigration patterns have switched to such areas as Mexico, Asia and the Caribbean. People bring their food, and they open their markets. We go, and we like them...
Perhaps equally important is the fact that once bitten, most chile lovers keep coming back for more. "Hot peppers are here to stay," says Naj. "It's like people who are trying to learn swimming. You get them to the swimming pool, and they don't want to go into the water. Then once they're in it, they say, 'Ahhh, not so bad.' " If Naj is right, it's only a matter of time before the rest of America takes the plunge...
America is having a heat wave, fired by the ubiquitous chile...