Word: meat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Something quite different happened when severe food poisoning struck hundreds of people in Washington, Idaho and Nevada who had dined at Jack in the Box restaurants. Doctors are blaming a savage strain of E. coli bacteria first identified 10 years ago. Somehow the germs infected a shipment of hamburger meat, which was then undercooked in restaurant kitchens. Two children died, only one of whom had eaten at Jack in the Box. This suggested that the bacteria could in some cases spread to people who did not visit the chain...
...normal vision and butter, whole milk, egg yolks mucous membranes Vitamin D regulates calcium intake and pro- liver, butter, whole milk motes bone mineralization Vitamin E maintains cell membranes and pro- nuts, seeds, whole grains motes healthy skin Vitamin K needed by liver for formation of cereals, dairy products, meats blook-clotting factors Vitamin C helps body fight against colds, may citrus fruits, broccoli lower risks for certain cancers Thiamin important in energy metabolism cereals Riboflavin important in energy production liver, milk Niacin needed by hundreds of enzymes for grain products, meat, poultry energy metabolism Vitamin B6 needed by enzymes...
These are not the sort of shows that will inspire encomiums from Viewers for Quality Television (though Carradine's slow-motion kick-fighting in Kung Fu probably deserves a camp Emmy). But they are the kind of lowbrow, meat-and- potatoes fare that the networks have all but abandoned, largely because their stunts and action scenes are so costly to shoot. Hour time periods on the networks today are more likely to be filled with magazine shows and "soft" character dramas like L.A. Law and Northern Exposure...
...atrocities took many forms, according to documents. One report refers to "eating people as an after-dinner snack . . .barbecuing people's livers . . .banqueting on human meat." The same document matter-of-factly relates specific tales of depravity. "On May 14, 1968," it says, "a group of 11, led by the Wei brothers, captured a man named Chen Guorong and killed him with a big knife before cutting out his liver. They shared the human meat with 20 participants." The same month Wu Shufang, a teacher at the Wuxuan Middle School, was beaten to death; her liver was roasted and eaten...
...BOSNIAN RELIEF SHIPMENTS sent to Sarajevo this year have been seized by Serbian troops. U.N. officials have allowed the thefts to take place. Heavily armed Serbian forces surrounding Sarajevo airport skim a large share of every relief shipment as a form of safe-passage payment, carefully selecting all the meat, telephone gear, fire- fighting equipment as well as the newsprint being donated for an independent paper...