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...this mountain of cultural prejudice, Janet Barkas has planted The Vegetable Passion, a monomaniacal history of herbivores from Neanderthal man to the Hare Krishna people. Between her gargoyle book ends, this vegetarian convert presents a series of case histories. Each serves to dispel the notion that vegetable dieters are as alike as peas in a pod. Here is the early Christian theologian-and heretic-Origen, who castrated himself, and the American Benjamin Franklin, who did not. Here is Pythagoras, who denounced beans, and Horace Greeley, who renounced coffee. Here are the diverse saints and satans of human history: Gandhi...
Dudley co-op residents enjoy the advantages of off-campus living--cheapness, varied and vegetarian food, non-academic surroundings and a togetherness rarely felt in Harvard dining halls--while avoiding the feeling of isolation from a student community that off-campus residents often experience. After sharing the responsibilities of maintaining a large household, the members have developed an insulation from some tensions of the larger Harvard community, an attitude of amused tolerance toward the way most Harvard students choose to live, and an attachment to their own small group which at the outset partially excludes all outsiders...
What NBA center is a vegetarian? What NBA center wears goggles? What do they have in common? (Former UCLA stars Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar...
...this giddy and gruesome camp-out on the bones of Bram Stoker, Count Dracula (Udo Kier) is a vegetarian, fussy about his daily diet, and dying for a heartening draught of blood from an unspoiled young woman. Anton, the count's assistant, insists on classifying young ladies of this type as "wirgins," in his Carpathian accent. The count's homeland being fresh out of them, Anton suggests moving to Italy, where the influence of "Holy Mother Church" promises countless young maidens...
MEATLESS DAYS should not be seen as a panacea for the world's food problems. Even if every American turned vegetarian tomorrow, there is no reason to believe that the extra grain made available would reach the people who need it most. Before that can happen, there must be a fundamental change in the theory and practice of food aid programs, both in the United States and in other rich countries. And judging by Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz's performance at the World Food Conference in Rome two weeks ago, that change may be a long...