Word: vegetarian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unqualified man goes at his own risk, and must take the consequences?" The temper of the House was seen to be so markedly against the resolution that it was allowed to peter out by general assent, although no actual vote was taken. U. S. physicians recalled that famed vegetarian G. B. Shaw and numerous other enlightened Englishmen swear by the officially non-existent "bone setter...
...Shaw, famed vegetarian, has frequently reminded his readers with asperity that geese must be fastened to a board and forcibly fed for some time, in order that their livers may attain the size and lusciousness requisite for the creation of this superb liver-paste...
Miss Lillian Harrison. Garmented heavily in grease, a young woman from Argentina slipped into the sea from Cape Griz Nez. A hailstorm struck her an hour out, but she made extraordinary time. In a little over two hours she made four miles. Four hours out she (vegetarian) took a little food, appeared to get new vigor, increased her pace. Seven hours out she was only eight miles from Dover. No previous swimmer had ever made such fast time. Seven hours and five minutes out she called to an Egyptian, Ishak Helmy, who was "pacing" her.: "Catch me, Helmy." He turned...
...much when I was this side of 60. One day, I discovered that I felt unwell, very much below par. . . . Beefsteaks and roast butcher's meat figured too much in my diet, I concluded. Out they went, never to return. I'm not a vegetarian; wouldn't be one-that's going to extremes-but I don't need red meat and don't eat it. For 30 years, the only meat I've eaten has been poultry...
Thus reassured that I should suffer no pain and lose no blood by exposing myself to the "smaller and quite inoffensive" members of the species, of avowed vegetarian habits, I have run the risk of upsetting the tranquil quiet of a vacation day by opening the door to the flying galley proofs of this Student Liberal Club publication...