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...Promised Land, an account of a Harlem peopled by pimps, prostitutes and dope pushers. In such an environment, he told the Senators, men are emasculated not only by unemployment but also by the related fact that "Mamma is having sexual relationships with the butcher for an extra piece of pork chop for the kids." The neighborhood hero is the man who betters his lot by any means -the man who "wears a $200 silk suit every day, $55 alligator shoes and this sort of thing. He drives a big Cadillac, because they know he is winning...
Fire & Urine. How accurately the Parsis reflect Zoroaster's own teachings is a matter of much scholarly debate. Many of their religious customs-such as abstention from both beef and pork -appear to have been borrowed from Islam or Hinduism. But in their temples, which nonbelievers are forbidden to enter, the Parsis still worship fire, which was Zoroaster's chosen symbol of divine power. At their marriage feasts, wedded couples ceremoniously sip bull's urine because it allegedly purifies both body and soul...
...custom of three full meals a day has been established only since 1890. Anglo-Saxon tradition knew only two meals-breakfast and dinner-and in the 16th century, dinner was eaten at 11 a.m. While discussing diets, the rabbi rejects the notion that the Jewish and Moslem prohibition against pork started because of fear of food poisoning. The pig was taboo from earliest times because it was worshiped by primitive peoples who also sacrificed it to their idols and ate it in sacred meals. This made Jews, in their passion for monotheism, reject...
...ever purer than Adhemar de Barros. His jutting profile, immense belly, and expansive grandstand manner were pure Falstaff. His snake-charming baritone and God-fearing homilies were pure medicine show. His pork-barrel pilfering as three-time Governor of São Paulo, Latin America's greatest industrial state, was pure Tammany. He once fled the country to escape a jail sentence for misappropriating public funds, and he seemed almost proud to be known as the politician who "builds while he steals...
David Clark of the D.C. Coalition of Conscience (a part of the Free D.C. Movement) maintains that the Board of Trade has a pork barrel arrangement with members of Congress. Examination of campaign receipts of Southern Congressmen, he believes, would show substantial contributions from members of the Board of Trade. In addition, business hostility to the increased real estate and other taxes which local self-government might entail is no secret...