Word: bread
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...students of the Soviet sphere," he continued, "whether they work independently or as part of a research institution, these papers are their 'bread and butter' source of information...
...formal dinner you have no artificial flowers or lace. All your candles are white. You must have menservants, no waitresses . . . and no bread and butter plates are used (there are so many courses you don't have enough room for bread). No toothpicks, please. That is absolutely unforgivable...
Mendelsohn joined the growing number of retailers who had run afoul of one of Britain's thriving, all-powerful monopolistic "price rings." In East Devon, when one of 60 bakers refused to go along and raise his bread price by a halfpenny, the others ganged up, threatened to have him put out of business. To a Birmingham grocer who cut the margarine price for old age pensioners and another in Cheshire who did the same with tea, went letters from wholesalers warning them to stop, else they would get no more supplies...
...noon it was raining heavily. Mattresses, tables and clothing piled high on army trucks got drenched alongside their owners. But the rain dampened resistance, and by 6 p.m. 700 Sophiatowners-many from Toby Street-were lining up at Meadowlands to be issued a garbage can, a loaf of bread and six bottles of soda pop. Back in Sophiatown, the armed cops retired, and squads of workmen moved in to tear down the empty houses. All night the sledge hammers pounded while other
Weston makes something for everyone -slightly salted "Tavern Appetizers," spicy gingersnaps, big "Wagon Wheel" chocolate cream wafers and sweet "Shortcakes" for dessert, breads that go from "Ryvita" health bread to the standard "National Loaf" sandwich bread that is a staple of Britain's diet. Americans might find Weston's most popular bread too off-white and flabby for their taste, but Weston also makes a whiter, crustier loaf, which sells for a few cents more...