God Gulf (2003); BRAT diet (1989); Reservationists (1995); Rocket Shake

Thu Jul 1 03:09:53 UTC 2004

   8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. of work on a light Wednesday.  I'm tired!!
   OT: see the fine article about my old crazy chess friend, Sam Sloan, in today's NEW YORK SUN, pg. 16.  A similar article ran in NEW YORK PRESS about two years ago.  He'll probably have the article on his web site soon.
  SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  "Early American Newspapers, Second Quarter 2004."  It'll be here within 60 minutes?

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GOD GULF

GOD GULF--366 Google hits, 51 Google Groups hits

"Republicans are the party of the faithful and Democrats the party of the secularists, goes the conventional wisdom.  There is, according to Time magazine, a 'religion gap.'  That's not exactly right, however.  What exists is a church-attendance gap, not a religious gap or a 'God gulf.'"
---NEW YORK SUN, 30 June 2004, pg. 11, col. 2.

   All the "God Gulf" hits point to Nicholas Kristof in the November 2003 NEW YORK TIMES.

(GOOGLE GROUPS)
The Dems' Rearguard Action
... is the irreligious left, but as Nicholas Kristof points out, the latter group
is much smaller: [America's] most striking cleavage is the God Gulf, and it ...
alt.politics.bush - Nov 12, 2003 by jose soplar - View Thread (1 article)

(LEXIS-NEXIS)
  1. THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, January 8, 2004, Thursday, FINAL, Pg. B6, 763 words, 'GOD GULF' REVVING UP RELIGIOUS WARFARE HOWARD DEAN'S GRASP FOR FAITH AS TASTELESS AS DICK CHENEY'S, NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Syndicated columnist
  2. The New York Times, January 7, 2004 Wednesday,  Late Edition - Final , Section A; Column 6; Editorial Desk; Pg. 21, 745 words, The God Gulf ,  By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF; E-mail: nicholas at nytimes.com
  3. The New York Times, January 9, 2004 Friday,  Late Edition - Final , Section A; Column 6; Editorial Desk; Pg. 18, 156 words, God, Country And the Politicians
  4. The New York Times, January 9, 2004 Friday,  Late Edition - Final , Section A; Column 6; Editorial Desk; Pg. 18, 152 words, God, Country And the Politicians
  5. Alameda Times-Star (Alameda, CA), January 11, 2004 Sunday, OP-ED, 536 words
  6. Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), January 8, 2004 Thursday, Times Editorial; Pg. B6, 746 words, Politics puts Jesus in the middle
  7. Tampa Tribune (Florida), November 16, 2003, Sunday,, FINAL EDITION, Pg. 2, 670 words, More Faith-Conscious Voters Pose Problems For Democrats
Tampa Tribune (Florida)
November 16, 2003, Sunday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: COMMENTARY, Pg. 2
LENGTH: 670 words
HEADLINE: More Faith-Conscious Voters Pose Problems For Democrats

BODY:
The situation has been building over the past decade, and there's something particularly troubling about it because such a polarization of attitudes toward public issues hasn't been seen in the United States for generations.

In last Wednesday's New York Times, columnist Nicholas D. Kristof did an excellent job of setting out the problem:

"A new report from the Pew Research Center says that America is more polarized now than at any time since its polling series began in 1987. Partly that's because it used to be just the Republicans who were intense in their beliefs, while now both sides are frothing."

"The Most Striking Cleavage'

We're not so sure it has come to "frothing," but certainly the disagreements between right and left are deepening. Kristof goes on to say:

"The most striking cleavage is the God Gulf, and it should terrify the Democrats. Put simply, liberals are becoming more secular at a time when America is becoming increasingly religious, the consequence of a new Great Awakening. Americans, for example, are significantly more likely now than in 1987 to say they "completely agree' that "prayer is an important part of my daily life' and that "we all will be called before God on Judgment Day to answer for our sins.'

(FACTIVA) (Same Kristof article--ed.)
THOSE RUDE LIBERALS TO THE NATION'S DETRIMENT, THE LEFT HAS BECOME AS FURIOUSLY UNCIVIL AS THE RIGHT
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13 November 2003, 754 words, NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, (English)

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BRAT DIET

BRAT DIET--11,400 Goolge Groups hits, 936 Google hits,
BRAT + RICE + TOAST--3,460 Google hits, 728 Google Groups hit

   An ADS-L "lurker" kindly pointed this out.  Thanks!
   Please!  Eat a hot dog if you wish, but keep your appetite away from obnoxious children!

(GOOGLE)
Useful information about brat diet @ AGLANCE.COM
... BRAT stands for bananas, rice, apples and toast. These foods are mild, well-tolerated
and good sources ... 6. Baby Connection -- Diarrhea (0-12 months) ... ...
www.aglance.com/diets2/brat_diet.html - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

BRAT? Best foods for digestive health?
... Comments. I saw a post here that said BRAT (Bread, rice, applesauce, and
toast) was the best food for stomach, colon, and intestinal health. ...
www.diagnosishealth.com/_disc62/00000444.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

The Straits Times Interactive: Women - Health & Fitness
... can remember, doctors and nurses have suggested the BRAT diet for ... from diarrhoea
to a diet of bananas, rice, applesauce and toast -- that does not ...
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/mnt/html/women/health29.html - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

(GOOGLE GROUPS)
Re: 18 month old with chronic diarrhea - help!
We put each kid on the 'brat diet' (not my choice for ... but to the typical components
of the "diet": Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Tea (or is it Toast?) On the ...
misc.kids - Sep 6, 1989 by joan.a.keegan - View Thread (10 articles)

(FACTIVA) (71 hits for "brat diet")
HEALTH TAB
The Cutting Edge
Doctors Stumble on The Essence of Brat
Victor Cohn
208 words
17 January 1989
The Washington Post
FINAL
z05
English
(Copyright 1989)

One of the most common prescriptions for infant diarrhea is the "BRAT" diet: bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. But there's a lot of confusion about it among parents and physicians alike, according to a report in Pediatric News.

Dr. Thomas Self of the University of California at San Diego asked 100 pediatricians and family doctors who said they prescribed the diet regularly what BRAT stood for. He asked them face-to-face, so they couldn't look it up. "A very high percentage," he said, "really didn't know what the letters stood for, with answers ranging from B stands for bratwurst to T stands for tea."

Most, he added, also said it should be used for "a week or so," a vague recommendation that leads some parents to put an infant on this spare fare for days or weeks every time there's a loose bowel. The possible results: worse diarrhea and, worse still, serious undernutrition.

Self told physicians: Know all about the patient before prescribing the diet. Use it for no more than two to five days, with careful supervision. Keep track of the number of times it has been used.

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RESERVATIONISTS

   I have reservations about ultra-expensive restaurants that require reservations, so I've never encountered a "reservationist."  The OED citations really don't nail down what today's NEW YORK POST article describes.

(OED)
reservationist, n. (and a.)
One who makes reservations (senses 3c and 4a). Also attrib. or as adj.
  1920 Glasgow Herald 18 Mar. 9 The reservationist Senators are..too much attached to their limitations and qualifications to abandon them for anything. 1933 W. S. HOLT Treaties defeated by Senate x. 296 The reservationists did not constitute a majority. 1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. B20/1 (Advt.), Reservationist... 2 yrs ticketing exp.

(FACTIVA, NEW YORK POST)
DIS DU JOUR - EATERIES HAVE PLENTY OF SEATS, BUT NOT FOR YOU
By STEVE CUOZZO Post restaurant critic
1,029 words
30 June 2004
New York Post
41
English
(c) 2004 N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.

SO you wanna score a table at a hot new restaurant - before it gets reviewed and then trampled by the Zagat-toting rabble? Hah!

Owners now make getting into their places hell even before they're known outside foodie circles. Zombie-voiced phone "reservationists" who practically demand your DNA are coming up with even worse ways to ruin your night out - like not bothering to tell anyone that you're coming.

And if you suspect that not every trendy new place that tells you it's "fully committed" is actually full, you're not dreaming. New restaurants, especially in their first months, when they're trying to generate buzz, routinely make you come at 6 or 10 p.m. even though there are empty seats at 8.
(...)

(FACTIVA)
FOOD
HOLY SMOKE! GET A WHIFF OF THIS NEW TREND
Joan Zoloth
Special to The Washington Post
2,015 words
22 February 1995
The Washington Post
FINAL
E01
(...)
It's become a badge of honor to get into this cigar dinner that is sold out in many of the Ritz-Carltons. Reservationists of the Ritz are fending off all manner of ingenious ploys to get into the sold-out event. People are claiming blood relations to the Ritz President, politicians, and the Pope. "Then there are those who downright beg or cry" says a Ritz Carlton spokesperson.
(...)
It's become a badge of honor to get into this cigar dinner that is sold out in many of the Ritz-Carltons. Reservationists of the Ritz are fending off all manner of ingenious ploys to get into the sold-out event. People are claiming blood relations to the Ritz President, politicians, and the Pope. "Then there are those who downright beg or cry" says a Ritz Carlton spokesperson.
(...)

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ROCKET SHAKE

   I just dined at Westville (this one was on EAST 14th Street).  It has a "rocket shake"--a vanilla shake with espresso.  There aren't many Google hits for the name.

(GOOGLE) (rocket + shake + vanilla + espresso)
addyourown: Westville, West Village, Manhattan restaurants... definitely check out the 'rocket shake' for an instant lift: vanilla milkshake with a shot of espresso. Edit this review - add your own comments! View Changes.
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addyourown: Manhattan restaurants and reviews... the like. definitely check out the 'rocket shake' for an instant lift: vanilla milkshake with a shot of espresso. --- To change ...
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With My Looks & Your Brains...... A Newport steak, fries, a rocket shake (vanilla shake with a shot of espresso dumped in), and the best fucking butterscotch pudding evar. ...
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