Word: fats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strengthened the Shah's reforming hand in Iran. Last week, though the landlords of Iran are as numerous and as niggardly as ever in the national parliament and ministries, the Shah boldly cut off one of their most cherished privileges. Through the years, on top of their usual fat share of their tenants' crops, landlords have been accustomed to take "gifts" from their peasants of "cattle, lambs, chickens, eggs, marriage dues, fines for quarreling, and presents taken on the eve of festivals." Effective at once, the government of Iran ordered provincial governors and police to put a stop...
With the flight of time, some tissues become drier and infiltrated with fat. Blood vessels harden (arteriosclerosis). Muscles weaken. Bones grow brittle. Eyes and ears gradually fail, from a number of complex, minute structural changes. Ironically, the teeth-such as are left of them -become more resistant to decay in later life. On empirical evidence, Shakespeare anticipated microanatomy when he said that the oldster is "sans taste," for the average number of taste buds is 208 during the prime of life, but only 88 after...
...remarkable way in which the U.S. consumer kept up his credit payments despite the recession contributed to economic stability. With a record total of $78.5 billion in savings accounts, he had a fat roll to draw on. With the resources at his command, plus unemployment compensation and other supplementary benefits, he kept up his credit payments while cutting back on new commitments. Says a Los Angeles banker: "The consumer is not as wild an individual as many thought. For the most part, he is serious about satisfying his obligations...
...letters refer to various affairs, and the writings of the last year especially are filled with allusions to a particular unnamed girl. On one occasion he wrote: "Last night I was caught in the Harvard Yard with a girl... doing the worst I could. The yard-cop was fat and portentious. `Mister,' says he, breathing heavily through his mouth, `this has got to stop...
...this has a powerful effect even on the owners of healthy dogs: they tend to associate their pets' physical conditions with their own. Fat and underexercised themselves, they feel what Manhattan's McCann-Erickson ad agency calls "a gnawing nutritional anxiety" about their dogs. When Rival accepted this theory, it cut down fat content and upped protein, last year racked up the biggest sales increase (total sales: $12 million) in the business...