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Dates: during 2000-2009
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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 »

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