Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact that the most interesting character in the film is the fat Mexican with dark glasses who plays La Bamba in a Tijuana whorehouse. He has an air of authenticity and uniqueness that virtually every other face in the movie lacks. Bob brings Ritchie to the whorehouse, where the soon-to-be star gets the idea of expropriating the song behind the movie's popularity...
...their "homemade" salad bars. Can't Budge Fudge zapped peanut butter with chocolate for a truly throat-clutching effect, and the Beverly Hills Confection Collection dished up samples of brittle with rancid- tasting peanuts. Everywhere were products for the health- and diet- conscious: "lo" in salt, sugar, calories and fat, and "lite," meaning anything one wanted it to. Sweet, as usual, seemed to be the top flavor. Perhaps as Americans give up salt, they reach for sugar, figuring that one gritty white seasoning is as good as another...
...England Lawn Tennis Club, where Becker will try to become the third-youngest singles champion of the century. Already the first and second youngest ever to do it, he points out, "I was born there, you know." Two summers ago, unseeded and 17, not to mention "very slow and fat," Becker dispatched one eminent adult after another with a crashing service and a somersaulting exuberance. They all left the grounds, Henri Leconte after Tim Mayotte, predicting two things: that Becker would be a fine player one day and that he would lose in the next round...
Researchers struggle to find the cause of the mysterious, strength- sapping "fatigue syndrome." -- Drugs and diet shrink fat deposits...
...they will be stripped of their freedom, their pride, their names. The recruit who dares to hang some John Wayne sarcasm on the drill instructor will be called Joker (Matthew Modine). The guy from Texas will be dubbed Cowboy (Arliss Howard). Gomer Pyle is the name given to a fat bumpkin (Vincent D'Onofrio) whose dim-witted sanctity begs to be beaten into lean meat. The D.I. (Lee Ermey) will oblige. He will shape Pyle into an M-14 with a loaded magazine -- a full metal jacket. Then Pyle, like his sweetheart of a rifle, will go off. The killing...