Word: breakfast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whose schoolteacher father is a sweaty atheist. At the thought of this mission, young Tarwater is torn. An inner voice tells him that the old man was a fool or worse. He gets drunk, sets fire to the house, where the old man is still sitting dead at the breakfast table, and finally heads for the city...
Seven years later, in 1952, they are still there. Hans, their captor, has told them of the war's progress; Germany, with its jet planes and guided missiles, is winning, and the collapse of the Allies must come soon. Dressed in civil defense uniform, he serves breakfast and dinner to his prisoners, thoughtfully supervises their exercise and frets like a mother if one of the men seems out of sorts...
...royal palace at Rabat, Morocco's genial King Mohammed V was caught in a heartwarming domestic moment, as he fed a breakfast dainty to his dainty youngest daughter, Princess Amina, 5. Though plenty of gold and silver tableware was on hand, Mohammed ladled out the victuals with a wooden spoon...
...Editor Warsley, retired from teaching (by a heart attack) seven years ago, that Latin is not a dead language. "Our households and necessities and tastes have not changed much," he will tell a visitor to his home in West Topsham, Vt. "Did you know that Caesar's favorite breakfast was ham and eggs with a glass of milk?" Auxilium Latinum's 25,000 readers send in a steady stream of inquiries for just such knowledge, e.g., "What color were Caesar's eyes?"* For a coming issue, Warsley plans a reader-requested translation of one of Elvis Presley...
...Lacing breakfast cereal with ice cream so that child models will smile with delight at being served the advertiser's particular brand...