Word: maker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...food industry is slowly adapting to the recommended changes in diet. Some hotels and restaurants now offer low-fat, low-cholesterol menus. Sunshine Biscuits, maker of Hydrox cookies, is no longer using coconut oil in its products and soon plans to eliminate palm oil, both of which are cholesterol- boosting saturated fats. By next summer an American Heart Association seal of approval may be carried on foods that meet its heart-healthy guidelines...
...deal maker Anita was not. She was frequently unhappy and frustrated in Hollywood and Broadway. Her projects were often stalled or cut short by recalcitrant actors, belligerent agents or financial worries. Loos was forced to keep several projects going at any given time in order to be sure that something would eventually be accepted. This was especially true towards the end of her career when Hollywood and Broadway became increasingly more commercialized and competitive...
...number of hobbling heifers among his herd of Friesian cattle. The high-protein diet required by modern dairy farming stimulates extra growth in the hooves, making them vulnerable to cracking during the cows' winter confinement in concrete-floored farmyards. So Angwin called up the Gates Rubber Co. in Scotland, maker of the chic Wellies, which designed a buckled, foot-high Hobble Boot with a sole in the shape of a hoof. Angwin has ordered 500 boots at $24 each, and estimates he will save roughly $1,800 a year on veterinary bills and lost milk production. His enthusiasm...
...clubs such as North Carolina and Georgetown, do not expect to draw more than 10,000 fans to each game. College teams also have a natural audience--the schools' students. Ticket prices to college games are usually not high. And college basketball does not have to be a money-maker. Breaking even is not cause for panic...
...didn't learn about the final strain until much later than normal," said Marshall Molloy, spokesperson for Morris Plains, N.J.-based ParkeDavis, another flu vaccine maker. He said the notification usually comes in February but didn't come until April this year...