Word: java
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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More evidence that caffeine is the perfect drug: a study of healthy coffee drinkers shows that fairly large doses--three to four cups in one sitting--will not hurt your heart. Strong java can cause minor changes in heart rhythm, but they are entirely innocuous...
...makes for an oddly vibrant community with its own language, social structure and economy. Wizards and gods keep order and help newbies get their feet wet. Trolling singles in supermodel avs move swanlike through mating rituals old as the species and new as the next Java upgrade. Soccer moms swap family snapshots and grouse about how the place has gone downhill since the damn teens arrived...
They beckon from supermarket-check-out racks with alluring packaging and absurdly tasty-sounding flavors: chocolate banana split, java chip, mocha latte swirl. But unlike candy and cookies, energy bars have staked out the nutritional high ground. They promise guilt-free bursts of energy and obscure but seemingly healthful extras--antioxidants, "fast-burn nutrition technology" and, in the breathless words of one, "31,000 mg amino acids...
Author O'Brian, who has sailed on square-rigged ships, is a meticulous naval scholar and medical historian. The battles in which Aubrey distinguishes himself and Maturin repairs the wounded are real, borrowed from history (the two are passengers on H.M.S. Java when the U.S.S. Constitution, now a tourist attraction in Boston Harbor, defeats the British ship off Brazil in his sixth novel, The Fortune of War) and retold in language nearly understandable to a landsman ("A burton-tackle to the chesstree. Lead aft to a snatch block fast to the aftermost ringbolts and forward free. Look alive there...
...Society asks that people help birds help themselves by drinking shade-grown coffee. The practice of razing the rainforest to grow coffee in full sun destroys the habitat for many migratory songbirds. Traditional shade-growing preserves the habitat for these birds. Not surprisingly, the Audubon Society sells shade-grown java beans called Cafe Audubon (say it with a French accent). Next time in Starbucks, order an "organic shade-grown skim latte." Do it for the birds...