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...join the adults at the table for instruction in proper etiquette. By the turn of the century, restaurants had appeared to cater to clerical workers, and in time, eating out became a recreational sport. Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes...
...food-court mentality--Johnny eats a burrito, Dad has a burger, and Mom picks pasta--comes at a cost. Little humans often resist new tastes; they need some nudging away from the salt and fat and toward the fruits and fiber. A study in the Archives of Family Medicine found that more family meals tends to mean less soda and fried food and far more fruits and vegetables...
...Adams Hotel, a stone's throw from the White House. Her memoir on 41's behalf will tell the story of her famous father's life. To that end, she has interviewed all of the living presidents and many world leaders. "Before he was the President, he was her dad," trumpets her publisher...
...Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary, below) is trying to explain to his daughter what happened to the soul of his son, killed by a drunken driver last season. "He's here," Gavin fumbles, pointing to his head and chest, "and here." She giggles: "That was really lame, Dad." The scene is moving--Gavin so badly wants to make her, and himself, believe--yet hilarious. This firefighter drama, in its third season, is a black-humored study of why men lie--to themselves, each other, God, their families and women (this season, including guest star Susan Sarandon). Leary...
...high indebtedness when Labor leader Kim Beazley was in charge of the nation's finances. Soon there'll be no tax on superannuation benefits taken at age 60, Costello brags. When the cheering stops, he cheekily claims success for his procreation mantra, "One for Mum, one for Dad, one for the country...