Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never fear, milk and cookie lovers. The traditional low-fat milk is still winning the war of the thirsty by more than four-to-one tally, according to Harvard Dining Services. Officials say that although chocolate milk drinkers remain a minority, the dark horse milk is here to stay...
...voice and rhythms: "A musty, greasy fog hung in the air, and the lights of the evening looked blunted and strangely hairy . . . He watched people through the scope of the rifle. He traced the progress of heavy women with rolled-down stockings and battered shoes that barely contained the fat of their feet. He followed small children as they hopped over stoops and banged on garbage cans. He zeroed in on the eyeballs of men coming home from work. He knew someone across the street had seen him on the roof with the rifle, probably saw him now, aiming...
...fiscal straitjacket. The bill, sponsored by Senate Republicans Phil Gramm of Texas and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire and by Democrat Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, compels Congress to vote to balance the budget within five years or face automatic cuts. "What % this bill does is put the fat in the fire," declared Gramm. "It forces decisions." Senator J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, however, likened Congressmen voting for the bill to "the person who writes on the bathroom mirror in lipstick, 'Stop me before I kill again...
...guts more than his fingertips anyway. Mould's guitar sounds like either a DC10 or Mount Vesuvius with heartburn, but he manages to sneak some very catchy melodies within the din. Despite the damage it does to your eardrums, "Celebrated Summer" is a wonderful pop song. These Minneapolis fat boys may share a lot in common with a rabid steamroller but there's something of Mary Tyler Moore there...
...Want To Grow Up (New Alliance) by Descendants: With a song called "No Fat Beaver," it's obvious where this group's sympathies lie. Milo Auckerman is 10 times snottier than lead Violent Femme Gordon Gano on his worst day. Auckerman elicits the sort of admiration I felt for the kid who sat behind me in fourth grade, a sedate youth who poured urine all over the teacher's desk. This record has just a smidgeon of discipline which makes it cohesive. After all, snottiness is what rock and roll is all about...