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...Where's the beef?" was America's favorite question a few years ago, but "What's the beef?" seems more appropriate now. The troubled meat industry, which has watched its market shrink as consumers turn toward lighter meals of fish and chicken, is experimenting with new breeds of beef-producing cattle that are considerably lower in fat and calories than the conventional product. These leaner beefs are beginning to find their way to market with names barely recognizable to most consumers. Nonetheless, Brae, zebu, beefalo and Chianina Lite will soon be tempting steak- and hamburger-loving Americans who want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: How Do You Say Beef? | 5/19/1986 | See Source »

...inhabitants are descended from shipwreck victims. Jimmy Walker (trivial persuit: remember J.J. of "Dyno-mite" fame?) does weather report on a tropical island. "It's hot!" he cries. The lead revolutionary sings all his lines to a reggae beat. Valerie Perrine reaches in Michael Caine's pocket for his lighter and instead grabs...Well, you get the idea...

Author: By Thomas M. Doyle, | Title: Drinks, Anyone? | 5/9/1986 | See Source »

...most adventurous device, Bradford clothes Evett in green body make-up and transparent loincloth, and has him dart around the stage, sometimes quickly, sometimes stroking the air with slow-motion body gestures to create the impression of being lighter-than-air. The effect works; Evett manages to deliver some momentous dialogue with astonishing pungency, all the while balancing his taut figure in the pose of a Greek discus thrower...

Author: By Ariz Posner, | Title: Not the Sum of Its Parts | 5/2/1986 | See Source »

...former Adams House resident, who has written one-third of the television scripts, says that the series conveys the lighter side of law school. "Our message is that it can be fun to go to the library...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Handing Out Diplomas at The Paper Chase | 4/19/1986 | See Source »

...story gets more interesting. A State Department official asked to interview Medved to see whether he wanted to return to the Soviet Union or remain in the United States. He took the potential defector to an American ship for questioning. Only the man the Soviets turned over was lighter and shorter than the original Medved. And this person couldn't speak Ukranian as fluently as the original...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: Lieutenant Courageous | 4/1/1986 | See Source »

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