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The food most responsible for death by choking is steak, according to a study by the office of New York's chief medical examiner; it accounts for some 90% of the fatalities. Other killers are lobster tail, hard-boiled eggs, clams, sausage, turkey and even bread. The sheer volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Death at Dinner | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

When the Portuguese landed on the south coast of the island in 1526, they called it Papua, after a Malay word that described the fuzzy hair of the inhabitants. When the Spanish claimed the north coast 19 years later, they called it New Guinea, because they thought the natives resembled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Pidgin up a Tree | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

He was the Marlboro Man, and every now and then he'd turn kind of wistful and sad --the cowboy sitting by the campfire at the end of the day -- and sing a soft song about a place he'd visited or a girl he'd loved. But he'd...

Author: By E.j. Dionne and Michael S. Feldberg, S | Title: Rush | 4/19/1973 | See Source »

Thanks to grain imports ordered from Canada and the U.S., China does not face the acute hunger it did in the early 1960s. Nonetheless, the official journal Red Flag has urged every Chinese to eat one mouthful less each day. "In a country with a large population like ours," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: One Mouthful Less | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

When Frank Sinatra publicly insulted Washington Post Columnist Maxine Cheshire with a mouthful of four-letter words and two dollar bills on the eve of President Nixon's Inauguration (TIME, Feb. 5), many proper people in the capital were appalled. Nixon himself, according to one source, was livid, feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEQUELS: Frankie Victorious | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

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