Word: fish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry Kissinger once describe former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban as "a man who cannot get into an elevator without holding a press conference"? Does the U.S. Secretary of State dislike conferences with Japanese because "they smell of fish"? Does it offend him that Syrian President Hafez Assad picks his nose during negotiations and that, when all is finally agreed upon, he "cannot be depended upon and is totally irresponsible"? Is it Kissinger's estimate of Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger that "you cannot talk to that man"? Is it true that Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev dutifully spouted...
...aims at promoting neighborhood self-sufficiency by teaching inner-city people how to raise organically grown vegetables. Another project involves construction of solar-powered hot-water heaters on apartment roofs. A third seeks to increase food supplies by teaching people to raise fish at home. "It's protein," says Hess, pointing to a tank full of tiny rainbow trout. "You can trade them or sell them...
...sure, between spading and mulching, weeding and spraying, the home gardener soon finds that bringing home the broccoli takes labor as well as love. But then, God wot, who ever complained about the "labor" involved in catching a fish...
...addition, they claim that the absence of the organic matter in the silt in the waters at the river's mouth has deprived sardines and shrimp of an adequate food supply. As a result, Egypt's sardine industry, which used to produce 8,000 tons of the fish annually, has all but disappeared...
...brash ads open a new battle in a marketing war that so far has been fought mostly over menus. Jack's officials claim that Jack's Bonusburger begat McDonald's Big Mac-but concede that McDonald's Fillet O'Fish begat the Moby Jack. In early morning skirmishes, Breakfast Jacks fight Egg McMuffins. In its ads, Jack long tried to counter Ronald McDonald with Rodney Allen Rippy, a five-year-old who demonstrated on TV his inability to stuff a Jumbo Jack burger into his mouth...