Word: junks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some critics, acting as if the report were an invitation to a national orgy of hamburgers, French fries and junk food, quickly denounced it with such words as "irresponsible," "conspiratorial" and "slipshod." Said Dr. Donald M. Berwick of the Harvard School of Public Health: "The council is not acting in the best interests of the American people." Representative Fred Richmond of New York, chairman of the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition, even suggested that lobbyists for the food industry-particularly meat, dairy and egg producers-"must have been at work here...
...America Beautiful. "A one-day cleanup doesn't accomplish anything," explained Sidney H. Estes, assistant superintendent for instruction for the Atlanta public schools and chairman of the Atlanta Clean City Commission. "Unless you educate people and change their Uttering behavior, you be back up to your knees in junk a day later...
When she describes a sensuous experience, like going swimming, Hellman reaches for her Hemingway: "The water was the right temperature, everything was good, everything was better." She has kept a large vocabulary out of Dashiell Hammett, her longtime companion, and gang ster films. "Stuff' and "junk" are all-purpose nouns; a restaurant is a "steak joint" or a "fish dump...
...wanna talk about the real junk...
With any luck, the Crimson should come alive against Lockenmeyer, who depends on overpowering his opposition. So far this year, most of the Harvard hitters have been having trouble with "junk" pitchers, so they should hit the Princeton ace hard...