Word: rice
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always, Mao is everywhere. His works are on sale in five languages. An entire counter is devoted to posters of the Chairman in various poses, ranging from his youthful days in Yenan to swimming the Yangtze. There is Mao in a rice field, Mao in military dress, Mao surrounded by soldiers and sailors...
...industry are off and herding again. Not all of the new religious-rock LPs - the sons of Jesus Christ Superstar - are blatant ripoffs. Indeed, a few display genuine sincerity, even talent. But all of them, the best and the worst, demonstrate that Superstar Authors Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice do seem to have something of a monopoly on skill and taste in the field. Items...
...basic foodstuffs-rice, noodles and breadstuffs-are obtained by the peasant as his share of the production of his commune, which is run by a revolutionary committee. Medical care is free, thanks to the "barefoot doctors" -medical technicians who are assigned to all communes. Television on the commune is, of course, unheard-of. Many families have radios, though, and from time to time entertainment is provided by touring companies of actors and musicians...
Weight Watchers is now offering some other inducements. At a splashy Manhattan press reception last month, Mrs. Nidetch announced that the company would now allow in its formerly sacrosanct diet such once "illegal" items as spaghetti, macaroni, potatoes, rice and mayonnaise. The company's nutritional consultants explained that such foods eaten in small portions do not defeat a weight-reduction program-indeed, they enhance It by alleviating the boredom that often makes dieters give up. Mrs. Nidetch last week turned up on the Merv Griffin TV show to promote the new diet and plug the latest addition...
...NIGHT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, drunk on sake, I went to see a film at the Orson Welles complex. I wasn't impressed. Since I suspected that a numbness to serious film rather than rice wine was at fault. I stayed away from Orson Welles for almost a year...