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Not long ago, for example, it was difficult to pulverize poultry cheaply; now hot-dog manufacturers enthusiastically chicken out, cramming up to 15% of their sausages with bird parts. Poultry is one of the more appetizing ingredients. Federal law allows hot dogs to contain such animal features as esophagi, ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Decline and Fill of the American Hot Dog | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

The restaurant is open for lunch from 11 to 2 and for dinner from 5:30 to 10 Mon, Thurs, and until 11 on Friday and Saturday. It's open for dinner until 10 on Sunday. A hostess shows you to the nearest table with a view of Mt. Auburn...

Author: By Robert D. Luskin and Tina Rathborne, S | Title: Fair Find, Middling French | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

THIS IS THE particular genius of Dick Bartlett. Films in the fifties went through a sort of social revolution when they started showing busdrivers and such people as ordinary human guys. These films mostly treated their characters with a neo-realist awareness of social problems and the dignity of the...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Ruby Ha Ha | 5/24/1972 | See Source »

Safire published a second edition so quickly because of the bounteous contributions of President Nixon and that empyreal employer of epigram, Spiro Agnew. Since the language of politics is essentially the lexicon of propaganda, the tone of the Nixonisms reflects what are perceived to be the shifting moods and needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Word-Game Plan | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

Flat Soufflé. Suddenly, all of Britain found the lights going out. Midlands auto factories began massive layoffs; the textile industry reported itself in "chaotic" shape. Londoners had to cope with horrendous traffic jams as traffic and street lights went blank. Children were sent home from heatless schools. Housewives faced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: When the Lights Went Out | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

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