Word: beefing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wives, knew what to expect. Soon refugees started straggling in from nearby highway No. 96-a couple with a three-months-old child, a 90-year-old man, stranded linemen. For two days and nights, Mrs. Durr had 39 guests. As the storm raged on, they feasted on corned beef brisket, little pig sausage, green beans, dozens of eggs and gallons of milk. The women shared the beds; the men slept on the floor. Mrs. Durr wouldn't take a dime...
...partial solution to the mystery emerged from a weekend conference between Associate Sanitation Inspector Edward W. Moore, and Dr. Shih Lu Change, assistant professor of Sanitary Biology. They held the milk and gravy, rather than the roast beef, as responsible the illness...
...definitely not the roast beef," Chang declared. "I think the difficulty stemmed from the milk or gravy served...
...farm glut had its compensations. Many New York butchers last week cut the price of top-grade beef from 85 to 69? a pound, and trimmed prices on some 20 other meats. Businessmen knew that lower food prices meant more cash released for other purchases. But even those who saw no recession ahead agreed with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: "We now face the difficult task of ... checking inflation without precipitating contraction...
...legitimate gripe: his allotment will not feed a gnat, let alone a healthy, expectant wife. The professor has been left on a shelf by loving friends and colleagues, to be dusted off at their convenience. Whenever these mistreated males threaten to let out a hearty, realistic beef about their grievances, Writer-Director George Seaton quickly smothers their growls under the suds...