Word: cut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That was around 40 years ago in Perry, Ga., the small town about a hundred miles south of Atlanta where Nunn grew up at a time when the movies cut away to pounding waves whenever a couple embraced. A lot has changed in Perry, but along Sam Nunn Boulevard, where just about every fast-food chain known to man has an outlet, there is still a statue of a Confederate soldier pointing North, and farther along a billboard that says COME FOLLOW ME -- JESUS CHRIST. (Back when Nunn was in school, his class would regularly break for a period...
...Nunn had a kindred spirit in Carter's successor. But he clashed repeatedly with President Reagan over specific weapons systems. He didn't then, and still doesn't, think there is "anything magical" in the Navy's desire for 15 aircraft-carrier battle groups. He engineered the MX compromise, cut back Reagan's grandiose plans and today favors the single-warhead Midgetman over a rail-based MX. He described as "fantasy" Reagan's dream of a nationwide Star Wars shield and fought the former President's insistence that the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty permitted the expanded testing and development...
...following its recommendations, says the report, the American people could cut by at least 20% the risk of developing coronary heart disease, the top killer in the U.S. They could also "substantially" reduce the threat of a host of other ailments, including cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis and liver disease. Just how to do this is described in the guidelines, which were prepared by a 19-member panel after a review of more than 5,000 studies. The NRC group not only crystallizes the broad dietary goals laid down by earlier reports but also extends them to children...
...Limit fats to 30% of daily calories, with saturated fats making up less than 10% of the intake. Keep cholesterol consumption below 300 mg daily. Diets should emphasize fish, skinless poultry, lean meats and low- or non-fat dairy products, and cut back on fried and other fatty foods such as pastries, spreads and dressings. To reduce cholesterol, limit consumption of egg yolks, certain shellfish and organ meats...
...larger whiskey rations the higher up they worked, a dubious formula. But the buildings did get finished. Dolley Madison brought this "saloon culture" into the White House, getting the political leaders out of the bars and into more graceful surroundings. The drinks came on silver trays. James Madison cut some good deals...