Word: beaning
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...hundred and fifty policemen guarded the bean eaters from thousands of hungry spectators. Local politicians, speaking after dinner, took a sharp look into the political future, apologized for the shortage of tickets, and promised more bean fetes to come...
...sheer quantity the mammoth bean dinner was the high spot of Boston's five-day Jubilee. The beans alone would have stretched from the Common to Central Park if placed bean to bean rather than gobbled by Boston citizenry. And from beans, the dinners gulped on to three tons of potato salad and to 12,000 oven-hot miniature pies. "The most historic event in centuries," said Mayor Hynes in an after-dinner speech...
...eight o'clock the crowd had gone. The historic Hall was littered with bean-smeared paper plates, and dirty-faced children ran from table to table, swiping pickles, rolls, and ketchup bottles. Despite the old lady, no one was ashamed...
Three juniors and a freshman went to the baked bean supper on the Boston Common on Saturday--along with 10,000 other people. The only difference was that they were the only ones wearing gas masks...
After a short conversation with Yale Joel, a Life photographer, the four were surrounded by apprehensive Boston cops. "It's guys like you who are always trying to make a joke out of a serious thing," said a lieutenant, casting a proprietary glance on 10,000 bean-eating Bostonians...