Word: vegetarianism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Peace aloud," said Miss Tolstoy at her home in Valley Cottage, N.Y., "and father came into the room, and he stood there with his hands inside the belt of his blouse, and he said, 'What's that? It isn't badly written.' He was a vegetarian and a pacifist, but when a mosquito sat on the head of Chertkov [one of Tolstoy's followers], father killed it without a thought. Chertkov turned to him and said, 'Oh, how could you do that, to take the life of an innocent mosquito...
...Washington, where most political memoirists write in the blood of their foes, Harry McPherson is a kind of vegetarian. A Texas liberal who served on both Lyndon Johnson's Senate and White House staffs, McPherson believes in binding wounds, not opening them. He has a refreshing affection for the processes of government and the fallibilities of the powerful. His sketches and assessments of Washington politicians are unrivaled...
...Justin's small menagerie: a huge Afghan hound named Zaradin, two Persian cats called Buttercup and Jemima and a "plain" cat called Pansy. Twiggy stays for dinner perhaps four nights a week, and Franco, Justin's Italian chef, whips up a meatless pasta for her mostly vegetarian diet. She eats fish, but no meat. Most of their friends are in show business, but their notion of a good time is a quiet weekend at George Harrison's estate in Surrey...
That choice has been offered since January 3 when the Food Services instituted an experimental program of serving vegetarian alternatives to the main course in several dining halls...
...waitresses, with their trays of medium rare charcoal-broiled streaks, baked potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil, and cold green peas, begin to serve the ensemble. "None for me," Jodorowsky indicates. "I'm a vegetarian...