Word: pigging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, it is inefficient to produce pork in desert areas like the Middle East because pigs thrive best on the same scarce fruits and grains that nourish man, whereas cud-chewing animals (cattle, sheep, goats) develop on high-cellulose brush plants that are hard for man to digest. The meat from pigs was thus considered not only bad to eat but "bad to think," hence the prohibition of eating the flesh of pigs, which were said to be dirty. According to Harris, pigs become dirty only when left untended, and so they get a bum rap. A pig prefers...
...roommate, the football star, reads me half of it and goes up to get another sandwich. The pig is always eatin'. I swear he'd eat the plate if he could. So I finish lunch right and take the paper and go out the door...
...occupied by Israel in 1967. The mourners also displayed their displeasure with Jordan's King Hussein, who last month announced that he had broken off political ties with Arafat following the failure of the two men to find a common approach to the Middle East peace process. "Hussein, you pig, your hands should be tied!" they shouted. "No Hussein! No Assad! Only the P.L.O.!" After winding through the town for nearly two hours, the procession approached the blue-domed Haj Mazuz al Masri mosque, which had been built by the slain mayor's uncle. There, the body was removed from...
That same research subject vomited six times during one session, and had a severe headache the next day. "But he eats like a pig, and had a huge lunch before the tests and greasy fried chicken while he was knocked out," says a fellow participant...
Eisert's committee oversees student complaints and suggestions for dining. "We also say things like 'Get rid of pig and fish night.' We are the reviewers of the new items...