Word: slims
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nutritionists warn direly that 78% of all citizens are still overweight and some 70,000 a year die prematurely of diabetes, coronaries, and other ailments accentuated by overeating. Three slenderizing volumes by diet expert Ulrich Klever of Bavaria−Calorie Compass, Protein-Plus Diet and Everything That Makes You Slim−have sold nearly 500,000 copies, while sales of the Brigitte Diet Club book have reached 750,000 copies in four years...
...split in the ruling elite coupled with the disaffection of the middle classes and the army leave slim possibilities for a smooth transition to stability under a Western-style political system. Whichever faction controls the government in the next few weeks, these conflicts will undermine any compromise and will propel the situation leftward. Though in the short run Juan Carlos and his rightist puppeteers have the initiative, in the long run the future of Spain depends on the actions of the left...
...next day Coleman was the first witness before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the foes of busing are pressing for a constitutional amendment to forbid it. Coleman opposes an amendment as unrealistic, and indeed its chances are slim. Said he: "If a democratic Government can't resolve issues of this nature without resorting to the Constitution, then...
...after yesterday's preliminary count, the hopes of the liberals have been all but extinguished and the Independents even have a slim chance of increasing their strength on the city's nine-member council and really taking over the city's government...
...Agriculture Earl Butz, advanced the idea a year ago in a speech to the National Association of Meat Purveyors and shortly after persuaded the Camelback Inn to test the plan. Since then she has traveled round the country evangelizing smaller portions. She argues that they will help consumers slim their waistlines and cut food bills, bolster restaurant profits by selling additional dinners, and that "the tiniest bit of wasted food cannot be justified when an estimated 1½ billion people in the developing countries do not receive a balanced diet...