Word: less
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...career took a long time to recover. He starred as a high school gym teacher in The Bill Cosby Show, an engaging series that was nevertheless canceled after two seasons. A comedy-variety series called The New Bill Cosby Show lasted only one; another effort, Cos, failed in less than two months. Cosby landed a few movie roles in such films as Uptown Saturday Night, California Suite and Hickey and Boggs (a rare and surprisingly effective dramatic performance). But his film career failed to ignite. Cosby refuses to characterize the time as a career slump but admits...
...other major hero of the anti-Marcos revolution. The general, who has helped frustrate five coup attempts against the President, may have called in his debts last week. When it became clear that Aquino wanted to keep her friend Arroyo in the Cabinet -- and to shunt Ramos into a less strategic post, or perhaps even an ambassadorship -- the general balked. Amid a sudden rumor that loyal generals would stage a coup if Arroyo was retained, Aquino relented. "If Cory had her choice, as she used to," said a Western analyst in Manila, "she would have kept Joker on and kicked...
...general, these cooked products cost twice as much as comparable cuts of raw chicken, but they are about one-third less expensive than fast-food counterparts. And though there are minor differences in preserving, cooking and packaging techniques, both companies follow roughly the same procedures. Chickens are injected with water (Holly Farms) or broth (Perdue), along with seasonings and such preservatives as dextrose, sodium phosphate, malic or citric acid; many of the Farms products also contain vegetable or coconut oil. Though several samples from both processors were bloody, the meat is generally cooked until well done to kill bacteria...
...Allman (Miami: City of the Future; Atlantic Monthly Press; 422 pages; $22.50) and David Rieff (Going to Miami: Exiles, Tourists, and Refugees in the New America; Little, Brown; 230 pages; $16.95) feel less threatened by Miami's possibilities: the former because he finds the city's history, architecture and ethnic mingle fun; the latter because he is distanced by irony...
That is just what has critics fuming. If the new cigarette actually satisfies a craving for nicotine without producing the smoke that annoys others, smokers might have less incentive to quit. Nonsmokers, meanwhile, might be just as vulnerable as before, or more so. "Now when someone lights up, you can see and avoid the smoke," says John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health. "With the new cigarette, which still may give off dangerous chemicals, it will be harder to avoid...