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Fast-food resistance began to crumble under the assault. By the end of the month, Burger King, Wendy's and finally McDonald's announced that they were switching to healthy vegetable oils for cooking French fries. And they began working harder to develop leaner burgers. "The dominoes have fallen," Sokolof said. "I couldn't be happier. Millions of ounces of saturated fat won't be clogging the arteries of American people...
...surrender a $300,000 advance to Ellis and not publish his book after staff protests and press stories threatened risks greater than anticipated rewards. Snapped up at a bargain price by Random House for its Vintage division, the manuscript has undergone the editorial equivalent of liposuction. It is now leaner, meaner but not better. In fact, it is worse because the disgusting parts are easier to find. No plot or characterization has been inserted to mar the originality of the work's hostile infantilism. American Psycho still poses the challenging question: How much feces can a young writer smear...
...recession. In its TV commercials, the South Korean automaker Hyundai claims, "The economic news may be bad, but the news from your Hyundai dealer is good." The Beef Industry Council espouses the healthfulness of low-fat meat in a print ad carrying the headline NATION PREPARES FOR LEANER TIMES. With unemployment rising and business slowing down dramatically, ads that emphasize frugality are likely to remain in vogue. Ads will focus less on image and more on rebates and special discounts...
...heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in Tokyo last February. But success went to his stomach -- he became more interested in the banquet table than the boxing ring. Eight months later in Las Vegas, in his only title defense, the 246-lb. Douglas lasted less than three rounds against a leaner and hungrier Evander Holyfield...
...watched sales slip as health consciousness has climbed, was particularly incensed. Nutritionist David Hurt of the National Livestock and Meat Board points out that the study does not demonstrate cause and effect, and that cattle and pigs increasingly are being bred to produce less fatty meat. "Beef is 27% leaner than it was in 1986 and pork 31%," he observes...