Word: jacob
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WASHINGTON: Perhaps the old saying that nobody should watch sausage being made, unless they really want to know what is in it, applies to commercially-raised beef. In an attempt to protect American consumers against Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it is preparing to ban the use of animal parts in livestock feed. The measure is intended to erect a barrier which will help prevent any possible transmission of the illness from the feeding trough to the dinner table. "If we don't take preventive action today, we may regret it three to four years...
...mistress-model Fernande Olivier. Indeed, Picasso's ramshackle tenement had no gas or electricity and only one water tap and a rudimentary toilet. But the studio was an often riotous gathering place for "la bande a Picasso," a self-dubbed group of poets--including Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob--attracted to the Spanish artist's creative orbit. Picasso showed these friends his paintings. One--a large work that absorbed him for six months--elicited only embarrassed silence...
...Jacob F. Lentz '00, a member of the men's heavyweight crew team, said the early meal time often causes him to miss dinner. He said many athletes are forced to skip meals because of the early dinner hours at Annenberg...
...Jacob, the newly initiated member of the Somerville circle, is played with feeling by Nick Pinto '00. If his lines are delivered a bit too rapidly and uncomfortably at first, his drug- induced hallucinations soon puts this trippiness into context...
...MARION JACOB (D) 1408 Southwood Boulevard, Arlington...