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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meat and dairy groups, which have suffered the most from consumers' withdrawal pangs, are making the biggest efforts to regain public trust. In January the National Live Stock and Meat Board launched a $30 million promotion campaign that it hopes will beef up sales that have been less than bullish since 1976. Back then, Americans' per capita consumption was 94 lbs., & in contrast to 80 lbs. last year...
...major source of fat consumed by Americans is still red meat, another fact the current barrage of ads ignores. "Beef is not one of the high- cholesterol foods," observes Dr. Connor. However, "it has a great deal of saturated fat. Chicken has a lot less." The public gets a bum steer as well from the industry's use of a 3-oz. serving as the basis for nutritional information. The average portion is 4.7 oz. for a hamburger and 5.7 oz. for a steak...
...Minneapolis Sound also created its own formula of simple melodies based on only a few notes and tempos. And although their image was decidedly less squeaky clean and wholesome than those of Motown stars, the Time, Vanity 6 and Sheila E. were similarly choreographed in look and performance...
McConnell, now an assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School who recently testified in favor of the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Robert H. Bork, said that the political debates which have plagued Harvard Law School for several years make it a less attractive place to come and teach...
...fathered. Again, they are a contrasting pair: Greg Evigan is a free-spirited artist, Paul Reiser a compulsive financial analyst who describes himself as a "coffee achiever." In CBS's Leg Work, a former assistant D.A. (Margaret Colin) goes into the private-eye business, but seems to spend less time solving crimes than caring for her Porsche and commiserating with girlfriends about the dating scene. It is no accident that this fall marks the debut of the first network series to deal with that formative experience for the baby-boom generation, the Viet...