Word: grahamism
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...Despite its dubious beginnings, fad dieting gained mass appeal in the 19th century. In 1829, Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham touted the Graham diet - centered on caffeine-free drinks and vegetarian cuisine and supplemented by the eponymous graham cracker - as a cure for not just obesity but masturbation (and the subsequent blindness it was thought to cause). The diet became so popular that the students of Oberlin College were forced onto it for a brief period in the 1830s before they successfully rebelled through mass dissent in 1841. Thirty-five years later, an English casketmaker named William Banting became famous...
...Sarah Graham, a sales associate at Mint Julep, explained that the store is a running a one-day “Shop to Give” event during Sparklefest that will give 50% of proceeds to the Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex County...
...idea is “just to give back to the community and to be an example to other businesses,” said Graham...
...text expects to be read, he says, is as important for comprehending poetry as it is for understanding science fiction. For Burt, the experience of reading Robert Heinlein and Octavia Butler is similar to going line-by-line through the poetry of John Ashbery or Jorie Graham. Reading science fiction helps students grasp other literature as much as it encourages them to ponder space ships, telekinesis, and sentient robots...
...three-hour event began with a brief period of networking time, followed by a panel discussion on the trials of starting new ventures. Panelists included Keith W. Cooper ’83, President and Chief Operating Officer of Carbonite, an online file protection service; Graham Lubie, co-founder of Celarix, an early leader in internet software; and Furqan Nazeeri, founder of several ventures including Pivot, Inc., an instant messaging platform for Wall Street traders...