Word: bread
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Weighty Matter. In Detroit, where by city ordinance a loaf of bread must weigh not less than 15 and not more than 17 ounces, Baker Charles Elson was summoned to court, charged with making his pumpernickel loaves...
...front-line menus will really be more edible, the Army Quartermaster Corps promised. G.I. powdered eggs, thanks to peacetime research, will now taste more like the fresh; powdered milk and milk fats will be shipped overseas separately, whipped together just before mealtime to seem more like bottled milk; canned bread and poundcake are guaranteed to hold their shape and taste for two years in any climate. The old "K" ration even has a new name-an "assault food packet"-and will be fortified by a new variety of canned meats, besides old familiars: crackers, chocolate, cigarettes, matches and toilet paper...
...entered Pineville High School, seven miles away, Kenny's main interests were riding his bike, hunting a little now & then, and reading-mainly westerns and a magazine called Fantastic Novels. "All that boy liked was to sit hunched up there with a book and a piece of cold bread," said his father...
...week, almost a quarter of a million people passed by his cage. At first it seemed a morbid and pitiful performance. But gradually it became apparent that Bushman was delighted by the shuffling, elbowing, staring people. He began to regain his appetite, soon was consuming 22 Ibs. of fruit, bread and milk. Last week he was able to get up and count the house. Veterinarians decided that Bushman, though enfeebled, might live on for months, or even years. But even if he died sooner, there was no doubt that Bushman would die happy...
...than Lincoln. Santayana and Oliver Wendell Holmes, and just about as often as Franklin and Thoreau. Not many U.S. workers would go along with Grayson-Baker's ideas of the simple life: "Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and homemade bread-there...