Word: meats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After an interminable period of forgettable bantering--to which the clarinet player says nothing but only smiles or nods occasionally--Luba confesses that there have really only been three men in her life, and we arrive at the meat of the play. As she begins to reminisce about Paul, the young man with whom she lost her virginity, the doorbell rings. Surprise, surprise: we are now witnessing a reenactment of the fateful event...
...vitamin injections and medicine for his heart. Once before, in 1984, he was transferred to the same hospital, provided with proper medical treatment, strengthened with a good diet, and then taken to visit his mother and brother. Again this time, as he gained weight from a diet that included meat and even butter, he assumed that he was being fattened up for another visit...
...Santiago, an academic. He drives a Fiat, goes to the movies, shops at the overflowing markets, and lives in a nice part of town very near General Pinochet. At 2 or 3 a.m. most nights, he receives phone calls. The anonymous, "unofficial" callers say, "Your children are dead meat. We will cut off their arms and legs." And so on. About twice a year, Jorge attends the funeral of a friend who has disappeared in the middle of the night. Also unofficial...
...over his father's bean-and-seed-processing business in 1949 and doubling profits during the next 18 years. He went on to hold top positions in the agriculture departments of California Governor Ronald Reagan and President Richard Nixon. After a six-year stint as head of the American Meat Institute, he returned to the USDA as Deputy Secretary during Reagan's first term as President. In Washington he has earned a reputation as a smooth operator who can handle lobbyists, bureaucrats and even Congressmen, with a cool head. Thus it was no surprise last week when the President nominated...
...Gramm-Rudman law dictates that the deficit must shrink to $144 billion in 1987 and disappear altogether by 1991. If those targets are not met, the law calls for automatic across-the-board spending reductions that would be divided equally between defense and non-defense appropriations. To avoid that meat-ax approach, the White House is exploring all possible strategies for trimming spending, and privatization looks like one of the most promising...