Word: sweeter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another promising prospect was discovered by U.S. Agriculture Department scientists: a supersweet calorie-less substance (a thousand times sweeter than sugar) made from an extract of grapefruit rinds. At the University of Pennsylvania, researchers have isolated powerful protein sweeteners from tropical berries. Yet until such substances are tested, approved and come to market, Americans will have to accommodate to a new reality: that life may quite literally no longer be as sweet...
...slave tutor, and a clutch of familiar TV veterans, humbled its network rivals in a week-long domination of the Nielsen ratings. Had ABC gambled even more by delaying the show until the start of the so-called sweep week on Jan. 31, the triumph would have been even sweeter. During those periods, ratings services measure the audiences of local stations, and the networks often air their strongest shows then to boost affiliate ad rates...
...order of finish was made sweeter for the Harvard team by the fact that it had surpassed Dartmouth, which finished 32nd, and Princeton, which finished 28th--two teams that had beaten the Crimson squad earlier in the season...
...columnist Barbara Howar had been evicted from the convention for staying out an hour-and-a-half on her floor pass, and the DNC staffers' sheer meanness when they greeted you if you returned even a few minutes late, were strong deterrents. Those with orange passes had a much sweeter deal. They had far more passes to rotate among themselves, and could get to the floor much easier...
...Bertini eating dry bread here, or is the applause of the Gentiles sweeter to his ears than that of the Israeli Jews...