Word: sugars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Games in the dome are as loud as a jet taking off. Spotting a ball against the dome is like finding a grain of sugar lying in a marsh-mallow. And while the Twins may be able to spot the baseball indoors, ever since Vikings hit the Dome they havent had much luck finding the pigskin...
...Dominican exodus has grown along with the country's economic troubles. A huge foreign debt, high inflation and a 30% unemployment rate make it nearly impossible for people to make a living at home. Cutbacks in the U.S. sugar quota last year crippled the chief export industry and displaced thousands of agricultural workers. The refugee flight serves as an escape valve for social discontent, as well as a source of foreign earnings: the emigrants send home an estimated $280 million each year. Concedes Andres Moreta Damiron, the Dominican consul in San Juan: "Our government needs this injection of money...
Breakfasts will soon degenerate from the wholesome goodness of fresh cooked oatmeal into instant shots of sugar. Now that vending machines hold a future breakfast staple, one can only expect candy for breakfast, synthetic fruit for artificially sweetened hot cereal, and microwaveable concoctions of bagels, pork, eggs and grease. Then again, given the alternatives, Coke may actually be a cylinder of hope rising out of the vast wasteland created by breakfast pollutants. Burp...
Pitches for fresh produce, like those for apples and potatoes, draw few quibbles. But most of the promotions, nutritionists contend, are misleading. For instance, there is little evidence, as some sugar ads say, that the sweetener causes heart disease, cancer and diabetes. But "it is not 'perfectly safe,' " emphasizes Dr. William Connor of the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. "It's a major cause of tooth decay." Besides, he adds, sugar is hardly nutritious since it contains "no fiber, vitamins, minerals or proteins. You get only calories." Liebman takes issue with the National Dairy Board's campaign...
...BAGDIKIAN, media critic: "It's like eating a Hershey's bar. It's a quick boost of sugar, but it doesn't last...