Word: pounders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...best news for fast-food devotees was that, after years of helping clog the nation's arteries, McDonald's introduced its new McLean burger with 320 calories and only 9 g of fat, in contrast to 410 calories and 20.7 g for a Quarter Pounder. Burger King and Wendy's have yet to follow suit...
KILLER JOE: SCENE OF THE CRIME (Hard Ticket). The knockdown, knockout party record of the season, if your idea of a blowout is straight-from-the-hear t rock with the rollicking flavor of the Jersey shore. Killer Joe Delia is a piano pounder with a raucous voice, and he's buttressed here by the eloquent drumming of his crony Max Weinberg, late of the E Street Band, and guest performers like Little Steven and Jon Bon Jovi. Glory days indeed...
...Food, folks and fun," boasts a cloyingly cheerful McDonald's jingle. But increasingly, health advocates have been concerned about a different F word linked to the ubiquitous burger empire: fat. The average quarter-pounder packs a hefty 20 grams of it, along with 410 calories. But last week McDonald's unveiled its response to cholesterol-conscious carnivores -- the new Lean Deluxe burger, a quarter-pounder that weighs in at 10 grams of fat and 310 calories...
...owes its slimmed-down status to a special ingredient -- water -- plus an algae-based food additive. One thing that will not be slimmed down is the price: in Harrisburg, Pa., where the Lean Deluxe is being test-marketed, it costs 5 cents to 10 cents more than the quarter-pounder...
...bulky 200-pounder when the prison doors closed behind him, Mandela is now a slim, white-haired statesman of 71. He has referred to his quarter-century behind bars as "long, lonely, wasted years." The tinge of bitterness is understandable, but the years were not entirely wasted. He has been planning a long time for this day, and blacks -- and many whites -- eagerly await his guiding hand to lead the nation toward a resolution of their racial antagonism...