Word: bread
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then, as his listeners sipped Riesling wine and broke bread rolls to stave off predinner hunger pangs, Bush unveiled his pièce de résistance: a letter from President Reagan to "the people of Europe." It said: "Just as our allies can count on the United States to defend Europe at all cost, you can count on us to spare no effort to reach a fair and meaningful agreement that will reduce the Soviet nuclear threat. I have asked Vice President Bush to propose to Soviet General Secretary Andropov that he and I meet wherever and whenever...
...missed the first ship camped out amid gathering piles of garbage, grateful for the harmattan, a breeze of Saharan dust that blotted out the sun and kept temperatures down from the usual 90° F. Women nursed babies in the shadow of cargo sheds, while vendors of fruit, bread and illegally distilled local spirits set their wares out in the open...
Grazyna usually leaves work at 3:30 p.m. She spends the next three hours standing in lines for everything from meat to fresh bread and sweets for her son. The family is entitled to about 16 lbs. of meat a month, and much of that is low-quality cuts or sausage. During the week, dinner consists of soup or eggs. Says Grazyna: "We save the real meat for the weekend...
...inhabit a "ruburb," an area no longer rural but not yet suburban. Times are changing, and bonds are loosening. Old farmers sell out and head for Florida in brand-new campers; the congregations of small country churches are dwindling; Trappist monks are admired for not putting preservatives in their bread; and a disabled truck driver passes the time needlepointing a Star Trek pillow cover while his wife lifts weights. A story that begins "Leroy Moffitt's wife, Norma Jean, is working on tier pectorals" is a story whose second line is guaranteed to be read...
...Dillingers, who represent the Unevangelized Fields Mission, a conservative Protestant agency, have helped the Danis make Christianity their own by blending it with local customs and practices. At worship, Danis use sweet potatoes and raspberry juice instead of bread and wine for Communion, and sing hymns they have written themselves...