Word: soups
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...take the sugar out of soup, of course, but you don't have to add to the trough. The key, as always, is to read labels and distinguish fact from marketing fiction. Low-sugar Froot Loops, for example, have a third less sugar than the original. But if you think the new version packs fewer calories or better nutrition, think again. "They aren't able to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse," says Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, "but at least they succeeded in putting lipstick...
...barely remembers any of the events depicted in the book. For her, leading a purely secular life is the only answer to the atrocities she and her mother experienced. It's a bold theme in an American culture more used to books with theological bromides (see the Chicken Soup series) than existentialism...
...like my Campbell's soup can. I've got a name like Douglas Coupland. I've never met a hotel clerk who's spelled it right the first time. Whereas "Gen X" is simple. So, no, we should all be so lucky to have something so simple like that as an identifier...
...eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other Disney characters reside so tourists can readily snap pictures with them?a priority for many Chinese visitors. Ironically, Disney's most high-profile stumble resulted from being too local. When executives decided to serve shark-fin soup, a Hong Kong favorite, environmentalists howled and Disney ignominiously yanked it from the menu...
...Unlike the Canadians in Tanzania, I have not found myself in a balmy, tropical place. Nor has my project been as gratifying as ladling out soup in the Bronx or rebuilding homes in New Orleans would be. My undertaking has alienated me from powerful people in my community whose help might’ve come in handy in the future. It has gained me a wholly undeserved reputation locally as a “progressive.” The Tribune now refers to me as a “community activist”—a term I don?...