Word: fatted
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...ultimate goal of all these trials is to build what engineers call a switched, broadband network. From the consumers' point of view, this is basically a TV set connected to something that works like the phone system. The wires in this network have to be fat enough (in terms of information capacity, or bandwidth) to carry TV signals. The network must also have switches and software flexible enough to allow movies to be shuttled back and forth without a break in the action, even if thousands of viewers want to see them at different times. And it must have screens...
...Under existing fda regulations, foods like jelly beans and soda can legitimately be labeled "healthy," since they're low in fat and cholesterol. No more, though: the agency has declared that the word can apply only to foods that are low in fat, sodium and cholesterol and contain minimum amounts of actual nutrients...
Stanley Jaffe, fired Paramount Communications president. Left Paramount with a fat severance package worth somewhere between $35 million and $60 million. Is now suing Viacom for allegedly denying him over $20 million more in stock options and other benefits he says were guaranteed...
...From the researchers who brought you bad news about take-out Chinese food: the average "large" bag of movie-theater popcorn, made with supersaturated coconut oil, has as much fat as six Big Macs...
...borrowing or dug into savings. Mark Zandi of Regional Financial Associates, an economic forecasting firm, figures credit-card, auto and personal loans outstanding rose 7% by the end of February over a year earlier, while the personal-savings rate over the three months ending in February, averaged a fat, round zero. Consumers caught between slowly rising incomes and more burdensome debt and fewer savings do not just feel pinched; they...