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Word: ifs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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But to hear him tell it, film acting is not exactly work. "It's not too tough for me to act. It's much easier than what I've always done. You don't have to remember anything, to begin with. If you play Vegas you...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Going in Style with George Burns | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

The biggest thing in my life was meeting Gracie. I don't think I would have made it if I hadn't met her. I'd have remained a small-time vaudeville act and, when small-time vaudeville went out, I'd have gone out with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Going in Style with George Burns | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

George: "The canary is hatching an ostrich egg?" Gracie: "Yeah, but the canary is too small to cover the egg." George: "So?" Gracie: "My sister Bessie is sitting on the egg and holding the canary in her lap." The laughs would come as if they too had been written in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Going in Style with George Burns | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

Proposed in 1969 by Pathologist Kilmer McCully, then of Harvard, this thesis also implicates diet, but the villain is protein. Methionine, an amino acid, is broken down by the body into homocysteine, a chemical that promotes atherosclerosis (or the buildup of plaque in the arteries) in lab animals. According to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diet Debate | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

No one can say for sure whether either of these theories will eventually replace the cholesterol-heart link. Most doctors still believe a combination of factors brings on heart disease, and will prudently continue to recommend low cholesterol diets, plenty of exercise and no smoking Warns Dr. William Castelli, director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diet Debate | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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