Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best news for fast-food devotees was that, after years of helping clog the nation's arteries, McDonald's introduced its new McLean burger with 320 calories and only 9 g of fat, in contrast to 410 calories and 20.7 g for a Quarter Pounder. Burger King and Wendy's have yet to follow suit...
...keep Pan Am flying in recent weeks in exchange for 45% of the company, refused to pay any more. Desperate, Pan Am's lawyers and bankers scrambled fruitlessly for fresh cash, reportedly begging TWA chairman Carl Icahn for a relatively paltry $15 million in a late-night call. Fat chance: TWA has said it will seek bankruptcy protection early next year...
Even if follow-up studies show that aspirin really does protect against cancer, doctors warn that it will never be a substitute for exercise, a low- fat, high-fiber diet or not smoking. Too many heart-disease patients have latched on to aspirin as a panacea and as an excuse to avoid changing lethal habits. The latest findings will probably, alas, tempt others to do the same...
...ended up compromising on unsaturated fat vegetable oil, non-dairy sour cream and no-sugar apple sauce. We served fruit salad, made cookies with yummy egg-substitutes and played driedel with unsalted peanuts as the reward...
...falling into place: the demise of communism, the lowering of trade barriers, the wide availability of fat-free desserts -- even progress in South Africa, lower interest rates and a glimmer of hope for Middle East peace. Can a drop in homelessness and law-school enrollments be far behind? It's almost as if everything is being tidied up for 2000, the new millennium...