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...same time, travelers are taking matters into their own hands. Some have discovered the "special meals" that can be ordered in advance and at least stand a chance of being fresher and better prepared. The major carriers offer as many as 18 alternative menus, including kosher, Hindu, vegetarian, high protein, no salt, low calorie, low cholesterol, diabetic and children's. American's seafood plate is particularly popular among veteran flyers. Special meals cost the companies more because they require special handling and are not mass produced. Says San Francisco businessman David Kliman: "It allows me to choose what...
...Congressman, it is beguiling to run for re-election challenged only by a Trotskyite and a vegetarian. In 1988, 65 incumbents ran unopposed. Congressmen so blessed are reluctant to take a stance that might complicate re-election. "The risk they are averting is not the loss of their seat," explains Republican Congressman Dick Armey of Texas, "but that they have to go home and face a rigorous challenge." A House Democratic leader says colleagues sometimes complain, "If I cast that vote, I've bought myself an opponent next time...
Michael has tried to deny these rumors. Reportedly, in a telephone interview with Barbara Walters, the superstar claimed that being a vegetarian for 12 years has taken some of the color out of his skin. Right...
...other candiates, Lee is not a lifetime bureaucrat. The political process is far too tedious a game for Lee, who offers practical solutions. "If someone's doing something wrong," he says, "slap him upside the head and tell him he's full of shit." Lee, a long-time vegetarian, explains he means that literally--that some people, specifically those who eat red meat, actually are full...
Back in the bad old 1960s, vegetarianism may have had to do with long hair, pacifism and sympathy for the plight of livestock, but today it has taken a more pragmatic turn. The new breed of upscale vegetarian is giving up meat, red meat in particular, because of the belief that it is unhealthy. The real issue is that red meat ranks high among sources of fat in the U.S. diet. Says Dr. Sherwood Gorbach, professor of community health at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston: "There is persuasive evidence that a low-fat diet can help prevent...