Word: soups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...committed citizen of the self-help world, you are, let's assume, fully conversant with The Rules. You've consumed the Chicken Soup books. And you've snapped up 10 Steps to a Great Relationship, even though you have 100 Best Ways to Stay Together on the shelf at home. So why would you possibly be interested in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being Faithful, a soon-to-be-published tome that manages to fill 352 pages explicating the proposition that cheating is unwise? (A section on terminating an affair is headed "A Happy Ending? Probably...
...crazier? Leonard, or the average Wall Street monkey in a suit, trudging to work in the 97[degree] soup New Yorkers call...
...bask in the company of someone whom you find remotely attractive. Worst case scenario--the person with whom you're dining or having coffee passes out from actually being seen in public having a meal and interacting with another human being. Splat! Your date slumps, face-first into soup or another hot liquid, nearly drowns, scalds his or her face and requires paramedics. You've got a story to tell for the rest of your life. Your kids will beg to hear about the time you got to ride in the ambulance in college...
...your tongue out at all the art critics and bypass world famous art museums. However, it can be a major pain to remember to bring home the bacon and not just go and crash in the home/hostel of your choosing. Why isn't there anyone bringing the hot chicken soup to your bedside...
...fact that 28 million Chicken Soup books have been sold is not just a "publishing phenomenon"; it shows that the American public is sick of having gore and mayhem shoved down its throat by the media. The Chicken Soup series creates an alternative to the usual media fare. We offer hope where there is despair, comfort where there is pain, tears and laughter instead of sarcasm and snide remarks, and inspiration to help our readers overcome the challenges they face. It's correct that our stories do not moralize, but it is wrong to say they provide "uplift without morals...