Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great American hot dog found a champion last month in Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon's adviser on consumer affairs. Now that other national staple, the hamburger, has picked up an ally in Bess Myerson Grant, New York City's Commissioner of Consumer Affairs. The onetime (1945) Miss America has discovered that burger beef, like hot-dog meat, is being adulterated with all sorts of things: soy proteins, starchy flour, cereal and chemical additives. As a matter of fact, 156 out of 421 New York restaurants checked by her 46 inspectors were suspected of serving "shamburgers...
...Unlike Kubrick and Perm, Nichols arrived in Hollywood with formidable riches and reputation. As an entertainer he had been (with Elaine May) a cutting satirist. As a Broadway director he was known as a Midas: everything he directed became a hit. His first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, proved to be an erratic success notable for its mature dialogue and some puerile performances. By comparison, The Graduate was as mixed as its reviews. Only the audience was unanimous: box office grosses totalled over $50 million. Now completing Catch-22, Nichols seems to have recognized his past errors...
...clearly an intolerable condition. To set things straight, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon's adviser on consumer affairs, proposed a maximum fat limit of 30%. She would also require manufacturers to tell on the label exactly what is inside-something dog-food sellers have long had to do. Often more concerned about industry than the consumer, the department was at first stubborn...
...Knauer, though, will probably have the last word. Nixon himself telephoned her to express approval. Recalling days long ago, Nixon almost recited an ode to the hot dog. "Stick to your guns, Virginia," he said. "I'm behind you 100%. I came from humble origins. Why, we were raised on hot dogs and hamburgers. We've got to look after the hot dog." It may not have sounded like Keats, but to millions of hot-dog-loving Americans, it undoubtedly sang just as sweetly...
...Holdouts. Though Ainsworth noted that "our conference has no jurisdiction over the Supreme Court," some Justices are already moving to abide voluntarily by the new rules. William J. Brennan Jr. canceled several lectures, prepared to liquidate his $15,000 share in a Virginia real estate venture, and withdrew from the faculty of the Appellate Judges' Seminar, an annual course at the New York University Law School. Incoming Chief Justice Warren Burger has indicated that he will give up his $2,000-a-year fee as a trustee of the Mayo Foundation...