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...piece of evidence was offered by Keys himself. Intrigued by the fact that Italians enjoy a far lower rate of coronary disease than Americans, Keys decided to find out why. Last week he suggested a possible answer: the Italian diet. Noting that Italians eat more leafy vegetables and fruits than Americans, Keys reasoned that some ingredient in these foods restricted the level of cholesterol and other fatty materials in the blood...
Ramble in Reality. "When the program first started," recalls sometime Adman Funt, "we used to just ramble in reality." But gradually the show got more complicated and developed a kind of comic-strip surrealism. A stooge would enter a florist's shop, order orchids and then eat them to the consternation of other patrons. Or Funt, in the guise of a barber, would say, "You know, this is the first time I ever shaved a man." Once a customer threw off the sheet, chased Funt with a razor. "You can only aggravate a guy so far," he discovered. "Beyond...
Businessmen with heart trouble should always run to catch their trains, shovel snow, smoke two packs of cigarettes a day and lose their tempers frequently. Fat men should eat heartily to make sure they stay fat. Middle-aged executives should play 72 holes of golf or five sets of tennis singles with a teen-ager every weekend. Above all, every executive should work as if there were 28 hours in each day, and whenever an ailment crops up, avoid doctors and treat it himself...
...like the good soldier of socialism he is, Khrushchev made light of his burdens: "We knew the American Government was not going to greet us with bread and salt. We understood when we went to New York that we would not be going to our mother-in-law to eat pancakes but to work...
...sooner did Newhouse start to move in than the trustee-directed papers began glowering at the man who presumably meant to eat them up. Cried the Union and the News in front-page editorials: "The work and pride of four generations is at an inglorious end." When Newhouse asked to see the company books, Treasurer Sidney Cook, 56, spokesman for the current management, not only refused but barred him from the plant...