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...other, but also survive a house stocked with everything but carrots and celery. In every corner, there will be pies and pastries, sausage and spam, cotton candy and candy corn, oil-dripping pizza, luscious string cheese, buttered popcorn, greasy potato chips, hot chocolate fudge, marshmallow stashes, twinkies, ho-hos, lard, etc. And to make things even more intriguing, the house also carries a complete indoor gym and a jogging track. After all, even the producers are alert to the fact that the most dramatic moments of the show will come when contestants indulge in melancholy, desperate eating binges, subsequently feel...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Soman's In the (K)now: A Pop Culture Compendium | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

...More energy derived from burning a pound of No. 6 fuel oil than from burning a like amount of pig lard, which emits 65% less nitrous oxide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...billion Pounds of pig lard that will be produced in the U.S. this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Sep. 11, 2000 | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...belief in the material. And why should he believe? Dana Stevens' script buries the compelling story of an athlete's career crisis under a no-fun affair he has with a charmless woman (Kelly Preston--big mistake) and a daughter problem that adds 15 minutes of emotional lard. As domestic drama, it's down there with Stepmom. And much of the jock stuff will look loony to true fans. Costner has complained that his studio cut the film insensitively to get a softer rating, but what's left is nothing to brag about. If the filmmakers were ballplayers, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: No-Hit Game | 9/20/1999 | See Source »

...better overseas. In a Scottish sculpting competition last month, first prize was awarded to a 3-ft.-high Elvis made of lard. Alas, the masterpiece will last only six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 24, 1999 | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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