Word: creaming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...team's priorities. A few guileless words from Tiger Quarterback Homer Jordan in a magazine interview didn't help much either. An industrial-education major, Jordan described his study of materials of construction, coaching education and dairy science ("You learn about different kinds of milk, cheese, ice cream ... all the dairy products"). The Ivy League was recently kicked out of big-time college football for, in a manner of speaking, having such weak departments in dairy products...
...installing new blue carpeting in his office, another legislator tossed out his set of California statute books in red bindings and ordered a new edition in blue. To sustain themselves during their budget-cutting marathons, the lawmakers spent $7,950 in one month on catered meals, $574 on ice cream, $3,400 on bottled water...
...signatures necessary to put a measure on the ballot that would force the legislature to specify clearly the purposes of all appropriations. If the initiative passes, California's profligate legislators will find themselves in a chastening light. The prospect of elected officials justifying their ice cream bills has California taxpayers smacking their lips...
While she tidied up the kitchen for her family, Joan polished off another plate of turkey swimming in gravy, a pan of stuffing, an entire pecan pie, a gallon of ice cream, and a gallon of milk. Then, cursing her bloated body and lack of will-power, Joan locked herself in the bathroom and vomited up every last bite of her meal...
Janice's painfully thin frame finally caught the attention to her parents, who ordered her to start eating. "My dad made me sit down and eat a half-gallon of ice cream in front of him," Janice recalls. The pounds piled on, and soon she was much heavier than when she had started dieting. Like some anorectics, Janice then started trying to make herself throw up after food binges. "I drank mustard powder mixed with water because it burns your stomach," she remembers, adding, "Now just the thought of mustard makes me sick," Janice also experimented with laxatives but developed...