Word: beefing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What I beg you to do is not to take refuge and solace in the notion that this is just a big conspiracy, that you could have all the beef and oil and gasoline you wanted if you could just get rid of some malefactor out there," he said...
...celebrate the signing of the peace treaty, the White House was planning to give the largest state dinner in its history. Some 1,300 guests were to enjoy a variety of wines and a roast beef entrée as they sat under red-and-yellow-striped tents pitched on the south lawn. A staff of 260 cooks and waiters was assembled to serve the 130 round tables, covered with yellow, green and white cloths, and decorated with hurricane lamps and forsythia branches. The diners, including congressional leaders, prominent Americans of both Jewish and Arab ancestry, and members...
...claim that James Michael Curley may have won the mayoral election of 1921 over his fellow Catholic John R. Murphy by accusing Murphy of eating a roast-beef sandwich on a Friday. As Murphy's grandson, I can say that you have much underestimated Curley's genius for political skulduggery...
...standards. But there is a growing consensus in and out of the industry that the old days of runaway expansion are over and a tough period of scrambling for new customers and healthy returns lies ahead. A basic problem has been the rising cost of food, especially meat; beef prices jumped 30% last year, and some experts say they could increase by 50% this year. The chains have thus been forced to charge more; McDonald's raised its prices last year by about 14%. But higher costs are causing people to order down−to pass...
Wendy's shops have slowed in recent months, and they expect that deceleration to continue. Still, Wendy's intends to stick with its limited line of hamburgers and chili, though some industry experts believe that this will make the company especially vulnerable to the rise in beef prices. Whatever strategy the chains choose, they are already on the edge of the frying pan. The big problem for the years immediately ahead will be to stay out of the fire...