The Jelly-Bean Presidency
July, 1988
The Jelly Bean, composed of sugar coating and transparent goo, is a first-rate choice for the official candy of the Reagan Administration. But polytetra-fluoroethylene--a.k.a. Teflon--is getting an associative bum rap; unlike the Administration to which it's attached, Teflon is great stuff. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, it is characterized by "its complete indifference to attack" and by its "slippery surface," both of which make it suitable to "corrosive environ...
