Word: asparagus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...newly-planted House lawns will sprout soon-asparagus, peas, cucumbers, squash...
...lunched at King's house, on lobster, filet mignon, asparagus salad, raspberries a la mode. At Earnscliffe, stately home of British High Commissioner Malcolm MacDonald, he talked with Canadian Socialist Leader M. J. Coldwell. If they did more than exchange niceties, they kept it to themselves. At night there were Scotch highballs and more food-oysters, roast turkey, baked Alaska-at a state dinner at the swank Country Club...
...General was miserably tired, his eyes ringed with deep black. But he drank heartily of Manhattans, French sauterne, American Burgundy and Portuguese champagne, and cleaned up his squab and asparagus tips. At 10:42 he was out in the lobby again. Many distinguished people have walked through the Carlton lobby, but never before had the well-dressed loungers bothered to stand up and applaud...
...Flotill Products, Inc. of Stockton, Calif. has found a fine new food for penicillium mold-old asparagus butts, which canneries discard...
...Savoy's plushy dining room. This was the most successful luncheon the London branch of the American Chamber of Commerce had staged this year-400 British and U.S. admirals, generals, politicians and businessmen present, another 150 turned away. During the main course of veal roast, potatoes and asparagus he leaned over, made a suggestion to the luncheon speaker, British Minister of Production Oliver Lyttelton. Since there were so many Americans present, Mr. Phillips whispered, it might be a good thing if the speaker said a few words about the U.S. and Japan...