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...didn't even touch the dozen lamb chops and 10 steaks waiting for them, and ultimately declared themselves failures. And in 1963, Eddie "Bozo" Miller ate 27 chickens at a Trader Vic's restaurant in San Francisco to win the Guinness Book of Records title of "world's greatest trencherman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History Of Competitive Eating | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...vice president. Dick Cheney is not one of those namby-pamby anti-gourmands. A lesser man might have been intimidated by those three earlier heart attacks he?d suffered. But not Cheney - in the space of the last five years, he fearlessly gained 40 pounds, displaying a trencherman?s appetite for life and an admirable disdain for cardiologists and Surgeon Generals whining about moderation. And even after his pre-election heart scare, Cheney was seen in post-election/pre-concession Washington wolfing down fried chicken while those around him nibbled on mesclun. Food indulgence will be back big-time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comb Back, Big Hair — All Is Forgiven | 12/23/2000 | See Source »

...town council meets. His Norwegian father was born in a sod shanty in 1883. His proudest bureaucratic achievement is a $6,000, 500-ft. concrete sidewalk that runs alongside Main Street, which is dirt. "That boy is mine too," said the mayor, pointing to another son, David, a trencherman about the size of a post office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In North Dakota: Cafe Life | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...cookies, omelets and fish was unmarred," she says. "But I didn't reckon on new potatoes and fresh peas-it took three zestless mouthfuls to bring out the shaker again." Senior Editor Timothy Foote, who edited the story and therefore "sits above the salt," is noted as a trencherman of more than fair enthusiasm. Since he worked on the cover story, his gastronomic ardor has cooled. Says he: "Now I suspect every innocent slice of Brie that comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 15, 1982 | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

This was a little odd because Blumenthal, former chief executive at Bendix, was testifying in defense of President Carter's plan to halve tax deductions for business entertainment. But Blumenthal did offer some notable cases of corporate high living, particularly one trencherman who charged off 338 business lunches in one year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: A Spirited No! | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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