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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...part of the bulging cornucopia of ersatz sweets that is helping change the way millions of Americans snack. Catering to adherents of the high-protein, low-carbohydrate Atkins diet, foodmakers are filling out the $40 billion diet industry with alternative versions of their favorite sins, from marshmallows and margarita mix to biscotti and beer. And thanks to increasingly successful formulations of sugar substitutes, many members of this new generation of munchie killers are downright delicious. "They've come to my rescue," says Dallas resident Frank Edwards of Da Vinci Gourmet's sugar-free flavored syrups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snacks Go Low Carb | 8/18/2003 | See Source »

...maybe the biggest change that takes place when you live with gay men is the way you learn to see things that other people can’t see below the surface. I’ve stood, awkwardly holding a sad excuse for a margarita in the corner of a crowded BOND party, the organization that serves as a much more subtle and somewhat undercover version of the BGLTSA. I remember running my eyes through the room and wondering just how many of these Harvard men only expressed their gayness secretly within the confines of BOND. Even when I decided...

Author: By Angie Marek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Room of Our Own | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

...that real life provided so many classic frat-boy-comedy moments? "By the end of the week I felt my teeth eroding from the margarita mix," says Roxanne, a sophomore at Texas Tech and one of the twins. "There was never a sober moment. We woke up with margaritas." Alcohol, logic dictates, has the same effect on films as bad writing: it turns young people into cliches. Not only do the 16 people sharing the phat Mexican hotel suite make out indiscriminately, curse and say stupid things, but they also indirectly deliver the requisite moral lesson of a teen comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cue The Tequila | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

...Hist and Lit student Thomas P. Chang ’03 got his thesis back this Monday. It became immediately clear that one of his graders had been drunk, possibly at a Chi-Chi’s, while writing comments. On margarita-stained pages, tutor Larry W. Peters described Chang’s paper as “illuminating, fascinating, and highly erotic” before awarding it a grade of “Magna con Queso?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gossip Guy | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

...potential mate marked yes or no. Albert, No. 52, was thrilled. "I felt like a kid in a candy store," he said. "And I walked out of there with a buzz." I left with more of a headache--but also with the phone numbers of two lawyers, Sandy and Margarita. They're girls. And we're going to a bar next week to dish about guys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zero to Romance in Three Minutes Flat | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

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