The Week contest: Bubba Diet - October 15, 2010
Bill Clinton lost 24 pounds when he went on a non-dairy, non-meat diet. What should he title his diet book, if he wrote one?
Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.
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Results: Bill Clinton lost 24 pounds when he gave up meat and dairy, so we asked you to name the diet blockbuster the Big Dog might write. You hailed the chief with:
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THE WINNER: It Takes a Vegan
Carl J. Schack Jr., Cincinnati
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I Did Not Write this Diet Book
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Downsizing, by Bill Clinton
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Don’t Put That in Your Mouth!
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