Word: bread
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jacques Wolfe, 55, composer of such famed songs as Shortnin' Bread, Glory Road, and Gwine to Hebb'n, is a man with strong feelings about "real American opera." He is convinced that it won't develop until a lot of traditional "operatic hogwash" goes down the drain. His prediction: American opera will settle in a style "somewhere between Porgy and Bess and South Pacific. Let's face it, the popular song is the American idiom." Last week Rumanian-born Composer Wolfe was illustrating his point in a theater off Broadway with a little production called Mississippi...
...were almost as poor: one expert predicted a 624,970,000-bushel crop, 21% less than the ten-year average, and 18% less than last year. Because of the estimated big carryover of 425 million bushels as of July 1, there will be plenty of wheat this year for bread, breakfast cereals, etc. But Department of Agriculture forecasters warned that, if supplies remain tight, they will be forced to order a cut in "nonessential" uses such as whisky distilling...
...modern science, grows up to be a dusty wielder of test tubes. His best friend, a ranting revolutionary, is knocked out of his wits by a hurling stick in a game of Irish hockey, and later kills himself. Big, slow Mico goes steady ahead, fishing the waters, eating the bread, waiting for the girl of his portion...
...Pass the Bread-and-Butter...
Astronomy 1 is the department's bread-and-butter course. With little math and no prerequisites, the course is top-notch distribution but often child's play for the serious major. It is not required for concentration, and many students skip...