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...modern excess can match the monumental efforts of our forbears. I probably wouldn't be hard for most of us to put ourselves out for the court by doing mortal damage to a couple of geese or an eighth of a cow, but even our Victorian friends would turn their noses up at such paltry quantities of grub. And to get a true idea of the real spirit of Christmas, (or any holiday for that matter) you've got to go further back, back to times when eating was a full time occupation...

Author: By Tom M. Levenson, | Title: If You Think Your Mama Can Cook | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...hard trying to justify spending four years of your life in a cow pasture." --Michael K. Savit...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Green With Envy | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

...riddle: Why must every Dartmouth student keep cow manure in his back pocket...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Green With Envy | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

...China dirt, before long we'll have removed the entire country from under their noses. What I'm proposing is one of the sneakiest conquests in the history of the world." He adds: "This is the year of the dirt-not the horse or the cow or the turkey." Well, maybe the turkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Real Dirt | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

...aroused these and other members of the bar association is a small retail emporium known as The Law Store, which has been open for business since the spring in Los Angeles' Sherman Oaks, next to Mogo's Mongolian Barbecue and a subpoena's throw from Super Cow's Soft Frozen Yogurt. The Law Store customers pay $9.95 to pick up a store telephone and consult with one of eight part-time attorneys in the West Los Angeles offices of Group Legal Services, Inc., owner of the store. For an additional $10, attorneys will write routine letters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Supermarketing Legal Services | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

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