Word: fats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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These and other rumors of corruption in government circles have hurt Quirino's prestige. Last week, shortly after Manila's tabloid Star Reporter referred to him as "our beloved President . . . who is growing fat like a pig on public taxes," Quirino showed concern for public opinion and appointed his vigorously critical Vice President, Fernando Lopez, to investigate corruption in the government...
Reporter Toryho had a sensational, exclusive story; La Razoón's circulation rose a fat 40,000. But there was one frustration. Lest the heavy-handed authorities be offended, La Razoón's editors had prudently deleted some details. Days after La Razoón broke the story, the fearless, independent La Prensa reported: "Domingo Massolo was not a veterinarian, as previously announced. He was an army chaplain...
Most hopeful was Dr. Gofman's report of the patients' response to a low-fat low-cholesterol diet.* After a few weeks there was a marked reduction in the concentration of abnormal molecules in their blood. The patients who had once had a heart attack showed just as much improvement as healthy men. But, Dr. Gofman emphasized, there was no evident connection between diet and the total amount of cholesterol of all kinds in the blood. Fortunately, the abnormal molecules, which seem to be involved in atherosclerosis are the ones that can be largely controlled by diet...
...Including lean meat, but excluding: meat fat animal lard, butter or whole milk; fatty fish such as salmon; egg yolk...
...success Berlioz wanted most came almost too late. As an operatic composer he won the respect of his contemporaries -Wagner, that "gay fat man" Rossini, Meyerbeer, Auber-but not the plaudits of the public. His Benvenuto Cellini flopped after four performances; the "concert opera" Damnation of Faust fell with a thud. When he was 59 and Beatrice and Benedict and The Trojans at Carthage had achieved a success, a friend remarked that people were finally coming to his operas. Replied the ailing Berlioz: "Yes, but I am going." Six years later, Berlioz was gone. At the end came an incident...