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  • Also my black people be mindful that the calories in fast food places are always more than what they label the food.

    Rumors | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • It will be interesting to see how they will in take so much of what they call food.

    100 Word Stories 2008

  • That has proved a boon for Dollar General, which sells cheap housewares and private-label food.

    KKR Plans a Dollar General IPO 2009

  • It requires it to get people to remain on the tasteless dreck he calls food.

    Low-carb diet wins, losers cry foul | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • Every time I go to the grocery store for the weekly stuff, I spend $5 on long term food.

    outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2006

  • The fuel of the automobile is gasoline, and the fuel of the man-motor we call food.

    A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896

  • Other clothing had not been attempted, or was not considered necessary, and the child looked up with hollow eyes and a face pinched and sharpened by want, while the swollen belly of the meagre little figure showed how wretched had been the supply they called food.

    Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Helen Campbell 1878

  • Instead of God's truth they offer man's theory, and accuse of rebellion against God such as cannot live on the husks they call food.

    What's Mine's Mine — Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864

  • Instead of God's truth they offer man's theory, and accuse of rebellion against God such as cannot live on the husks they call food.

    What's Mine's Mine — Complete George MacDonald 1864

  • These nutrients aren't provided in the host of processed junk food that many of us call food.

    TreeHugger 2010

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