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...there hasn't been a serious life-style trend since the couch potato was sighted, in about '86, on one of its rare forays to the video store. Cocooning remains a significant mass enterprise, encouraged by the availability of 500 new cable channels and microwavable popcorn. But if you want an outdoor trend, one that demands emulation and is inspired by zest rather than a fear of human interaction and bizarre weather events, then there is nothing at all. The only trend worth mentioning is trendlessness...
...worst ever recorded, average food intake for adults has dwindled from a satisfactory 1,700 calories a day in 1988 to a hopelessly inadequate 200. A majority of children under the age of five have already died in some regions. "The mortality is higher than that of the Irish potato famine," says Daniel Miller of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's the worst nightmare you could think...
...rules that should help solve the mysteries of what packaged foods really contain. Finalized after weeks of wrangling between the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, the 4,000 pages of regulations spell out guidelines for labeling the amount of calories, fat and nutrients in everything from potato chips to cans of soup. This boon to the consumer doesn't come cheap. By May of 1994, more than 270,000 food labels must be changed, costing the industry about $2 billion. But, it will be worth the trouble, says HHS Secretary Dr. Louis Sullivan, "The Tower of Babel...
Cumbersome, inefficient and corrupt, the Soviet economy functioned, such as it did, because it had its own internal logic. Moscow decreed the production of every tank, shoe and potato; every working-age person was supposed to have a job; and prices were stable. If the end result was not exactly according to plan -- a long-drawn-out failure, in fact -- at least the command system offered a coherent vision of what the plan...
Andre Soltner, Lutece "We've spent Thanksgiving with the same friends for 30 years. The main course and dessert has always been the same. We'll have a real American Thanksgiving: Turkey Pomme (de terre) puree--[mashed potatoes] Cranberry sauce Sweet potato Terrine of pork's head [pate] with vinaigrette. A bread pastry--cottage cheese with cream and onions and bacon. Tarte flambee Mince pie, pumpkin...