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Brookline Ice and Coal supplies the styrofoam, the hose and the ice. And at minimal cost, they will set up the luge that is placed through the ice blocks, cooling the vodka as it flows...

Author: By Jeremy L. Mccarter, | Title: University Can't Control Campus Binge Drinking | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...commemorate their triumph, "Big Dog" received styrofoam championship belts inspired by the World Wrestling Federation...

Author: By Edward B. Smith iii, | Title: Harvard is Top 'Dog' at Bowl | 2/14/1995 | See Source »

...wherever you sit at the national smorgasbord, whether you dine off Styrofoam or Limoges, there's the same relentless struggle against the encroachments of billowing flesh. Affluent people have better weapons, of ) course -- StairMasters and NordicTracks -- but even they are sometimes forced to fly first class just to find seats that will accommodate their thighs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation Playing with Its Food | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...whites) is bereft of the work ethic that our country was built on. There is no dignity to working for a living, and hence there is no humiliation involved in living off the handouts of the state, or of passers-by who drop a few coins into a styrofoam cup. Not only is there no economic incentive to getting off welfare; there is no longer a moral or ethical one, either...

Author: By David J. Andorsky, | Title: Begging as a Profession | 12/9/1994 | See Source »

...with a lot to think about -- most of it charged with acute self-loathing. Why did I have those kids? responsible citizens might ask themselves, or, Why don't I ease the problem by just dropping dead right now? From a hard-nosed ecological viewpoint, humans -- along with their Styrofoam and cellophane leavings -- have become a form of pollution. One population expert, anthropologist Warren Hern of the University of Colorado, has even taken to calling our species an "ecotumor" or "planetary malignancy" that is recklessly devouring its host, the poor Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bright Side of Overpopulation | 9/26/1994 | See Source »

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