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...atmosphere was hardly non-partisan. "We've been comparing the food," said Paula Lovejoy, a campaign worker for the Independent slate. "We had peanut butter and jelly from the [Working Committee for a Cambridge Rainbow,"] she said of the fledgling group that backs radical reform of city politics. But she added, "You'd think they [the Rainbow] would come up with something more creative," pointing to one Indepedent candidate who prepared a Portuguese speciality for the polls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polls and Polish Mark Voting for Council, 1-2-3 | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

...fashioned laziness and indifference. Many communities have been unwilling to set up the apparatus -- and allot the funds -- needed to collect and transport the waste. Even if encouraged to recycle plastic waste, many citizens find it too much trouble to sort through their garbage, sifting out the plastic peanut-butter jars and toothpaste tubes from other debris. Curbside collection -- forcing citizens to separate recyclable garbage -- is what some communities demand. Three states, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Florida, require residents to sort their garbage for collection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Second Life for Styrofoam | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

Jenifer fueled speculation that consolidation may be in the works by pointing out during a budget presentation at the regents meeting that he was moving away from the philosophy of a "peanut butter budget." Such spending plans result in broad, but below average, higher education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board of Regents May Revamp Colleges | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...interesting people. I just assumed I was an unlucky rider. Not everyone sits next to an old woman who talks about her poodle for 300 miles. Not everyone sits next to a kid who punctuates his conversation about motorcycles with burps that smell of three-day old peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Ten Questions of the Universe | 10/29/1988 | See Source »

...familiar with this self-styled Mistress of the Dark, this cross between Morticia Addams and Moon Unit Zappa, she is the hostess of a syndicated TV show that features laughably egregious horror and sci-fi movies. She frequently interrupts the movies to offer her own unique variety of peanut-gallery comments. She is also famous for her neckline, which is as low as her bouffant is high...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

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