Word: lightness
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Soundest Dietary Restriction The 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act mandates standard definitions of such terms as light and lowfat, bans misleading claims and requires food producers to list the amount of dietary fiber and saturated fat in raw seafood, fruit and vegetables as well as on most packaged-goods labels...
Biggest Brewhaha Long the target of unions and minority-rights groups, Coors Brewing Co. acquired a new enemy with its popular promo for Coors Light, featuring a haunted house and the slogan "It Isn't Halloween Without the Silver Bullet." The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence described the ad's subliminal appeal to underage drinkers as "chilling...
...Protectionism Actors Equity nearly saved one job for an Asian-American actor at the expense of 29 others. When the union balked at letting an English actor repeat his role as an Asian character for the Broadway run of Miss Saigon, the producer threatened to cancel. Equity saw the light, but is now fighting the producer's pick for female lead...
George Bush sits in the soft light of the Oval Office, tilted back in his chair, brow knitted, rimless glasses in his restless hands, then on his nose, then off again. He suddenly swivels, points a long forefinger at a stack of papers in the center of his neat desk. It is Amnesty International's report on Iraqi atrocities in Kuwait. He's just been asked about compromising with Saddam Hussein...
...outlawed group held its first conference inside South Africa in 30 years. Instead, rancor erupted as the A.N.C.'s veteran leadership clashed with the younger, hard-line rank and file. President Oliver Tambo, back from three decades of exile, suggested the easing of economic sanctions against South Africa in light of recent reforms, but was voted down. Nelson Mandela, criticized for meeting with government officials without consulting the A.N.C. membership, said his opponents "do not understand the nature of negotiations...