Word: eggs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rockefeller ran for Governor. To prove that this scion of privilege was a regular Joe, Rockefeller proceeded to eat his way through the tribes of New York. There he was, his picture in the paper day after day with a hot dog, a knish, a slice of pizza, an egg roll. He won--and political tradition turned into a required ritual...
...almost against his will, Clyde is a good egg--to his father, to his straight roommate, to his brittle, plucky sister and especially to a lonely boy named Ben and his dog Otis, another creature whose life is on hold. In the end there are resolutions, but the reader may want to postpone them. McCauley's particular skill lies in his grasp of the bonds that link straights and gays in the maze of life's daily dealings. There sexual preference counts a lot less than goodwill and a hardy knack for survival...
YOUR STORY "TODAY HONG KONG, Tomorrow Taiwan" [WORLD, Feb. 12] should have been titled "Taiwan--the Goose with the Golden Egg." Taiwan invested heavily in China and contributed greatly to its industrial modernization. If China attacked Taiwan, a war would break out. China might not win in a crunch, and the free world might side with Taiwan to condemn China's aggression and brutality. The outcome of such an engagement would by no means be predictable, but the economy of both sides would certainly suffer. For mainland China, it would be like killing the goose that laid the golden egg...
...stump not long ago, Forbes had this to say when asked about China: "I read that if the average Chinese ate an extra egg every three days, it would take the entire grain production of Australia to feed the chickens that would have to lay those eggs. That's a big market. We've got to access it." Fair enough--but there's clearly more in his head than eggs, and if he ever permits himself to speak without a script on a steady basis, he might get closer to the job he wants...
...planets, astronomers must now revise their theories to fit the new facts. To begin with, theorists have to scramble to explain how the 51 Pegasi planet could have formed and survived intact so close to its parent star. The planet around 70 Virginis is also problematic: its orbit is egg-shaped rather than circular, which suggests to some astronomers that it formed more like a star than like a planet. Indeed, many experts think it is technically a brown dwarf--a star that never got big enough to ignite--rather than a planet. Only the third object matches what astronomers...