Word: meats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...training-table menu of steaks and chops is an overworked ritual, say a trio of Harvard doctors in the current Journal of the American Medical Association. Good red meat is good for anyone; but though it may make an athlete think he is stronger, it works no more magic than the ground lions'-teeth with which ancient warriors spiced their meals. For the most part, "there is considerable doubt whether manipulation of an adequate diet can enhance performance . . . The best diet for an athlete is one that he enjoys and one that, at the same time, provides a variety...
Battle for Survival. In many states stores have been enlisted (at payment of 10? to 15? a recipient) to distribute the surpluses. Participating stores have noted some rise in sales of fresh meat, vegetables and fruit, which are not on the surplus list; the landfall of free groceries apparently encourages many to improve their diets with food they could not otherwise buy. But the majority of distributions are made through public channels, and are, in effect, competition for local grocers. Small grocers, fighting to survive the inroads of chain stores and supermarkets, have already felt the press of the Government...
...Question. To hold the hill meant shielding the Eighth Army's thin defense line. The brass decided that Pork Chop was worth the price. For three days and two nights, a succession of rifle companies of the U.S. 7th Division slogged into the meat-grinder to counter waves of Chinese reinforcements. Battling for Pork Chop's shattered trenches and bunkers, some 900 Americans and South Koreans were killed or wounded, along with 3,000 Chinese. In 48 hours some 85,000 U.S. artillery rounds, plus uncounted enemy shells, blasted Pork Chop's eroded slopes -a display...
...Leave visible meat fat on the plate; eat fish oftener; use nonfat milk and nonfat cheese...
...Night Store. A round-the-clock store, serviced by vending machines, was opened by the Grand Union chain as part of its new supermarket in East Paterson, N.J. The devices, built into the front wall of the store, dispense milk, eggs, bread, margarine, frozen fish and meat, coffee, tea, cold cuts, make change for shoppers. Cost: $800 to $1,600 per machine...