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...still, none of these stellar performances can compare with that of President Bush. Like the old vaudevillian Ted Healy with his famous triple slap across the faces of the Three Stooges, the President achieved three objectives with one stroke: to evoke a nation's sympathy for a brave man's tears, to present this effusion of salt water in a religious setting, and to remind us of a Commander in Chief's brilliant military triumph in the gulf...
Harvard's main offensive threat is its stellar crop of junior backs Mike Hill, Robb Hirsch and Joyce. Against Columbia, Joyce picked up 66 yards on 22 carries, while Hirsch recorded 86 yards on four receptions, including one touchdown...
Will the diet-crazed country that embraced artificial sweeteners now accept phony fats? Some of America's biggest food firms are betting heavily on it. The latest entrant is A.E. Staley Manufacturing of Decatur, Ill., which last week served up Stellar, a product derived from corn. At a promotional buffet of Stellar-based margarine and cheese spreads, Staley said the reduced-calorie faux fat will be available early next year to food producers, who can use it to replace from 60% to 100% of the fat in such items as salad dressing, baked goods, meat products, soups, gravies and sauces...
...Since Stellar is based on simple starch, it can be marketed without obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration. The product is the first serious competitor to Nutrasweet's dairy-derived Simplesse, which simulates high-fat flavor and "mouth-feel" in the company's Simple Pleasures frozen dessert by mimicking the shape of fat particles...
Carls totalled four goals and one assist to register five points for the year as the defensive point on the lacrosse team. For her stellar performance on the field, she was named honorable mention All-Ivy by the league coaches...