Word: misse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Until then, the search for sugar substitutes will continue on a largely hit-or-miss basis. One chemical, called aspartame, was found by G.D. Searle & Co. during research on an ulcer drug. The FDA had approved aspartame's sale, but stayed that action pending a new look at Searle's test data. Another contender to succeed saccharin is a chemical called xylitol; used as a chewing-gum sweetener in tests in Finland and the U.S., it sharply reduced formation of cavities. But it costs more than sugar and has the same number of calories...
...Boston family and an impressive textile fortune, and sunk himself into the defense of civil liberties, a basement apartment in Manhattan-and gloom. He goes to parties and he sits. When friends introduce him to pretty girls, he glowers and storms away. Finally, jogging in Central Park, he sees Miss Right II, a beautiful blonde named Marcie Nash, who captures his fancy by running faster than he does. They have dinner at "21" and exchange this year's most ungainly badinage...
When Hale Champion, Harvard's former financial vice president, was tapped in January for a top spot in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, everyone at Harvard agreed that while the University would miss him, Champion's unique combination of financial expertise and liberal attitudes would be great for the country...
...million. Whatever the cost, the figure, though high in absolute terms, will be low in comparison to the $30 million the University plans to raise for the expanded Soldiers' Field complex. College-wide four-class housing would provide freshmen with the high-quality counseling and tutor contact they miss in the Yard. Rosovsky has failed to give these and other advantages of four-year housing sufficient consideration...
...campaign of symbols. Carter, of course, was (and is) the master of the that game, as the folks out in Clinton, Mass. must realize by now. Carter people griped that the press refused to treat the campaign on any but a symbolic level--hence the long, analytical pieces on Miss Lillian's fish pond and brother Billy's proclivity for Budweiser. But Carter himself has a good flair for showmanship, and he exploited the public attention to imagery for all it was worthy--the solar heated (supposedly) inaugural podium is one example. Nor was Carter alone in his attention...