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...idiot" on the council's list was Homer, father of the Simpson family and an employee of the fictitious Springfield nuclear plant. Homer seems to care less about safety than about naps, doughnuts and having enough tartar sauce for his fish sticks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: `Simpsons' Spurs Ire of Nuclear Industry | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

...just began eating squid when I came to this fair two years ago," said Alicia Silva, who had traveled from San Jose with her husband Joe and their children Amelia and Joseph, all gathered around a picnic table as they breakfasted on golden fried squid rings dipped in tartar sauce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In California: A Squid Fest | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

...Gulfport, Miss. Jim Vandenberg, manager of the Catfish Shak restaurant, pours the last quart of pickle relish into the industrial-size tub of tartar sauce for the catfish later that morning in Biloxi. The Bush campaign originally wanted a crayfish boil, but wiser heads counseled that crayfish are a Louisiana dish; catfish are regarded as Mississippian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in the Life of a Political Machine | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

Marketers view Iowans as stubbornly resistant to change; they are unlikely to be the first to try new types of products. "I would take a new tartar- control toothpaste into Des Moines or the Quad Cities because it wouldn't require people to change their behavior by brushing their teeth more," theorizes Watts Wacker, senior vice president of the survey-research firm of Yankelovich Clancy Shulman. "But I wouldn't take a tartar-control mouthwash there, because that requires change in usage patterns." Iowans are even contrariant enough to believe still in the superiority of American automobiles: foreign-car sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Folks with First Say | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...there so many different choices involved in buying toothpaste? When seeking to clean your teeth, you must first choose among brands, then among as many as four or five flavors, and then among sizes. After that, you have to choose between the regular and the tartar control formulas. Lastly, you need to decide whether you prefer the regular tube or the allegedly useful pump dispenser...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Turning 30 | 5/27/1987 | See Source »

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