Word: sweetener
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...Golden Door, a chic fat farm in Escondido, Calif., Chef Michel Stroot wondered what he would do now to sweeten the evening's dessert for his chubby clientele. At a Weight Watchers clinic in Manhattan, Michael Fiorentino, 38, a veteran dieter, vowed that he would travel to Europe, if necessary, to replenish his supply. At offices of the American Diabetes Association, telephones rang almost continuously as anxious callers sought advice. In Brooklyn, the Cumberland Packing Corp. suspended production of its product, Sweet 'n Low, then resumed it to meet suddenly booming demand. On the New York Stock Exchange...
Retaining the 1.5-to-1 ratio did not sweeten the Fox plan enough to dissuade Eric S. Roberts '73, a Currier House resident tutor, from announcing his resignation from the House effective next semester...
...return. When a jar of miraculous nectar finally appeared, the demons seized it and the gods pursued them. During the cosmic struggle, some drops from the jar of nectar fell at the sacred confluence and three other sites. Every twelve years, it is believed, the nectar returns to sweeten the waters...
...incident remains very much alive. Green, with his gift for mockery, corrupts one of Lady Macbeth's lines; he quotes it as "Will not all the oil of Arabia wash this blood from my hands?" (while the real language is "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"). He then brings down house after house by saying: "I understand each night he [Heinz] mutters in his mansion, 'Will not the ketchup of my fortune wash this oil from my hands...
...last-minute feeler for a takeover from another, unidentified corporation. But the other company could not raise all of the cash in time, and Otis' managers were uncertain that they could win a long legal battle with United. In post-midnight talks last week, United decided to sweeten its offer by $2 a share, and Otis agreed to drop its opposition...