Word: eats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little of this undigested food or its juices, and be concerned by the sharp taste of his "sour stomach." In most cases, this is a minor matter, and the result of gulping food while under emotional tension. A classic case is that of Wall Street brokers, who eat on their feet during midday trading. The cure is to stop eating, which is easy, and to calm down, which is not. Antacids may speed relief...
Whether caused by an ulcer or by the occasional food upheaval, indigestion has led to a variety of diet fads and home remedies. The faddists include finicky types who do not eat certain foods, especially fruits, "because they're too acid." Or they do eat mildly acid citrus fruits because they have convinced themselves that orange juice, for example, produces an alkaline reaction in the stomach. Some drinkers avoid highballs with a soda mix, claiming that the carbon dioxide that turns the stuff fizzy also turns their stomachs acid. Contrariwise, others take a glass of plain soda to settle...
...everyday foods seems to change (there may be a decrease in certain enzymes, but no one is sure). So some make a fetish of avoiding chocolate, or uncooked cucumbers, or all cucumbers, or uncooked cabbage, or all cabbage. Then there is the fellow who loudly proclaims, "I can eat anything"-and then slips off to the bathroom for a dollop of soda bicarb...
...loves to hunt, but not necessarily to kill ... He does not kill for sport-only when he wants a piece of venison or a bird to eat...
Campaign Strategy. For his part, Goldwater told reporters in Hershey, Pa., last week: "I'll get along with you fellows all right. You've got to eat and I've got to eat." Yet Republican National Committee members are under orders from the new Goldwater-appointed chief, Dean Burch, not to talk to newsmen. And Running Mate Miller says that "to avoid misquotation," Goldwater will stress television speeches and de-emphasize press conferences...