Word: peanuts
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...fact that the home environment is a powerful influence - kids aren't going to eat better unless their home environments are cleaned up. For a lot of parents, that's really hard to do, but you can't have Mom and Dad sitting on the couch, munching on peanut M&M's and saying no to their kids...
...active people. Take me, for example. Until a couple of months ago, the most exercise I got in an average day was the walk from my car to a Silicon Valley press event, at which the refreshments generally ranged from chocolate-covered pretzels and Coca-Cola to chocolate-encrusted peanut clusters and Coca-Cola. Despite repeated right-index-finger exercises (mouse clicking, Palm Pilotactivation and cell-phone dialing), my extra pounds were starting to tip the proverbial scales. By how much? Let's just say that if my weight were my age, I would have been born some years before...
...have a schizophrenic approach to money management. I will eat a bagel with peanut butter for dinner two nights in a row, then blow $10 on a fancy deli sandwich for lunch. I will scour Filene's Basement for $5 tights to wear with my $200 boots. I am even tempted to get a $99 color inkjet printer to go with my spiffy $2,500 PC. It all boils down to priorities. I don't need a great printer, merely a decent one. Just as the tights I wear under my boots are a private affair, most of the printing...
...they never would have been at home. They sold out of full-length furs in Midland, Texas; for those who had never seen a ranch, $450 Stetsons were selling briskly at the Ritz-Carlton, where the chef was whipping up rattlesnake nachos and Dubya's favorite, a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, was going...
...conviction. Yes, the next four years remain to be seen, and I hope Bush does well, but I would much rather put my faith in his leadership than in Bill Clinton's or even Al Gore's. In addition, your article gave me one more reason for backing Bush: peanut-butter-and-honey sandwiches are one of his favorites! BRENDA JACKSON Mesa, Ariz...