Word: starching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Pinker, who delivered his spiel for starch in characteristic PowerPoint form, introduced a forthcoming book, “The Latke Instinct: Why Latkes are Compatible with Universal Grammar and Human Nature.” The psychologist has penned many bestsellers, including a 1994 book titled “The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language...
...make it through 12 security checkpoints to the press room at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. Esteemed members of the Fourth Estate are fighting over dial-up lines and a starch-laden buffet and debating in which Star Trek series Best Supporting Actress nominee Jennifer Hudson's dress belongs...
...tell, grain production in Poland is now doing fine. But that doesn’t hurt our friend, Polish Potato. If my experience reflects the national trend, those taters are doing just fine. Bread and potatoes, beer and potato vodka—why settle for just one starch when you can have two? Sure, Poland has yet to meet Dr. Atkins, though I’m sure that day will eventually come. But perhaps a bit of dietary recklessness isn’t such a terrible thing. While Americans count calories, Poles eat for pleasure, often five times...
...dress code at George W. Bush's White House is cuff-linked and starch collared, reflecting the temper of a President with a reputation for no-nonsense, alpha-male decisiveness. That's why the 200 guests gathered at the White House on Independence Day were surprised to learn that Bush had decided to rip up protocol. It was an early 60th-birthday party for the President, attended by former classmates from first grade to Yale, and Bush was in high spirits. He waved to supporters on the South Lawn who had assembled to watch fireworks. They serenaded him with...
...they are 2, 60% of toddlers eat some kind of pastry every day. Although added sugar was removed from most jarred baby foods in the mid-1990s, baby-food companies continue to offer dessert lines with flavors such as vanilla custard pudding and peach cobbler, loaded with sugar and starch. Early exposure to intensely sweet foods has long-term consequences, says Amy Lanou, a senior nutrition scientist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington-based nonprofit. "When we're really young, our taste buds are especially attuned to sweet flavors. If you're offered bananas and berries...