Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Staring out from their photographs, they are the archetypal tycoons: one a steely-eyed Scot with a spade-shaped white beard; another a craggy, Ichabod Crane look-alike; the third a fat cat in striped pants with a watch chain strung across an ample paunch...
...sense of optimism, a booming-voiced tiger like Tony and a benevolent Green Giant today come across as quaint throwbacks to the time when sugared breakfast cereals could still claim to provide an ideal start to the perfect day, and when mushy canned peas nestled alongside a piece of fat-marbled beef represented a healthy diet. Though Burnett's corporate talismans endure, they occupy a world where consumers are increasingly caustic about the products that they purchase. The effort by marketers to capitalize on the cynical mind-set of an mtv generation has overwhelmed the quest for universal human archetypes...
...rollers, everything from where to get the best deals in credit cards, mortgages and bank loans to often valuable advice from professionals on long-term market strategy. So consider how far we have come: a century ago, the messengers of Messrs. Dow and Jones hustled tips to a few fat cats on the Street. Now the Net brings a plethora of business information to one and all. And that can only be called progress...
...leads one to consider skipping the meal. My experience from the dining halls is a little removed at the moment, as I am spending this year abroad, but I know reaching into the freezer for dinner here in the apartment is the sign of defeat even before calculating the fat and salt numbers. And so I indulge my obsession: bringing home expensive bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, searching around for pure vanilla, buying pine nuts and an array of spatulas my roommate can't tell apart...