Word: guiltier
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...genre writers know how to express ideas and emotions through events--plot--rather than dialogue or evocative descriptions. Precious little happens in The Lemur other than Glass trading icy quips with his wife. If Benjamin Black is John Banville's guilty secret, he needs to find a much, much guiltier...
...margarine and hide the saltshaker. Oh, and don't waste time with golf. Vigorous, pulse-pounding exercise was the only way to keep your weight within limits--and just as important, your heart properly toned. It was a spartan regimen and made folks who didn't follow it feel guiltier than ever, but it retained the virtue of being comprehensible...
Have Jacobson's junk-food jihads worked? "Michael's ideas about diet and health were seen as way out there 20 years ago," says former FDA commissioner David Kessler. "Now they are mainstream." Translation: we may be fatter than ever, but at least we are feeling guiltier about it. Jacobson, 57, spits out new initiatives faster than you can say olestra (slapped with a gastrointestinal warning, thanks to C.S.P.I.). He dreams of fast-food outlets listing calories. "I can just see it," he sighs. "Big Mac: 560 calories, $2.19." He's urging a federally funded campaign to promote five daily...