Word: scooped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...struggle for that scoop is only a minor episode in a far more epic battle: the one between Millstein and the national editor for the job of editor in chief. Indeed, to the Newspaper's scribblers, nearly every event in the newsroom, and in the world at large, is important only in terms of office intrigue. "When the copy editors crossed your commas out, people made an interpretation of your standing vis-a-vis Ron and of Ron's standing vis-a-vis [the national editor] and of both their standings in the eyes of [the editor...
There is yet another newcomer to the frozen scene: tofutti. As its ungainly name suggests, it has a powdered soy base, no lactose, butterfat or cholesterol, and contains only 128 calories per 4-oz. scoop, vs. as much as 325 for a premium dairy ice cream and 280 for gelato. A sellout among celebs and fast-trackers from Manhattan to Honolulu, this noncream ice cream, which comes in five flavors, actually tastes good. Best of the batch: banana pecan...
...packaging started sweeping through U.S. food chains five years ago. The result was lower prices for many standard items, ranging from bathroom tissue to light bulbs. Now some supermarkets are going generics one better: no packaging at all. They are offering foodstuffs in bulk; buyers pour from vats or scoop out from bins the amounts they want...
...pressures, whether from the White House, El Salvador or Honduras, to up the Central American ante. Congressional committees recently cut in half the Administration's request for $60 million in aid to El Salvador, and sentiment seemed to be building for a different, nonmilitary approach. Democratic Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson of Washington and Republican Charles Mathias of Maryland proposed a bipartisan commission on Central America, similar to the one that helped design the Marshall Plan after World War II. The panel, which would formulate a strategy of economic aid to the whole region, would consist of business, government, labor...
...those speakeasy days of silver-tongued oratory may be numbered. Largely be cause of negative publicity and the parliamentary persistence of Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson, the Washington Democrat, the Senate last week voted 51 to 41 to limit its members' honorariums to 30% of their salaries, or about...