Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...NBCTV) first went on the air, the audience numbered in the thousands, most of them in bars. Last week, as Kraft celebrated its 150th performance, the hour-long show was telecast to an audience of millions, but with little change in the original beer-and-skittles diet that had won friends and fans among the bar watchers...
Between 200 and 600 Danish Limfjord oysters were flying one way each week aboard a transport plane between Copenhagen and Cairo. In an attempt to lose weight without sacrifice of vitality, Egypt's pudgy King Farouk had put himself on an oyster diet...
...soil of these pests. It may well be that those who eat the ducks can readily assimilate the robust characteristics of these other creatures. If so, may I commend to His Majesty's Ministers the value of ducks and green peas for a regular place in their diet...
What constitutes a balanced diet of programs? No one seems to know yet. For this reason we are awaiting hopefully the results of a study being conducted by teachers at Burdick Jr. High School in Stamford, Conn., where last week's valuable poll was taken. These educators represent the first group to explore methodically the ways by which education can capitalize on the TV medium. They are pioneers, it is hoped, in a field that must continue to grow, to keep up with television's technical advances...
...became Henry Clay's lieutenant in the raucous young "War Hawk" faction which whooped for war against Britain. Afterward, when little "Jemmy" Monroe became President, he offered Calhoun the job of Secretary of War. The ambitious Calhoun grabbed it and did a bangup job. He reformed the Army diet, adding vegetables to the monotonous bread and salt pork, and began projects to extend the Union through exploratory expeditions and the building of a system of national highways...