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Word: broil (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about the U.S. inviting jaded food editors, who were cynical about all such preparations, to try theirs. In surprise, the editors began writing enthusiastically that "it really worked," made a cheap chuck steak as tender and nearly as flavorful as a sirloin, a tough stewing hen tender enough to broil. In three years Adolf's sales have risen to $3,000,000 a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Old Indian Trick | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

...sons, they have only words to squander, but the words are never counterfeit. They buy belief in the small beauties that rouse Ches and Finn, e.g., the quicksilver grace of a hare giving a pair of pelting hounds the slip, the brotherly ritual of turf-cutting in the broil of a summer sun, the benedictions of the parish priest at the church of Mary Without Stain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Shout in the Blood | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

...knowing contractors) had already constructed backyard shelters guaranteed to withstand anything short of Judgment Day itself. The CDA, which is doing one $75,000 research job on shelters, isn't sure yet what is really needed, but is certain that many a home-made job might well broil its occupants to a crisp or squeeze them like grapefruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ATOM: Step Right Up, Folks | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

Bear Oil & Snow Caps. Bear oil is best for frying trout. Better still, boil the fish for a couple of minutes, remove the skin, head and bones, season and butter it, then broil. But Douglas saves his warmest eulogies for blue jays fried in butter: "The best meat I ever had in the hills." He was in a more philosophical mood the day he stood on top of Darling Mountain and felt "a challenge to explore each ridge and valley, to climb each snow-capped peak, to sleep in each high basin, to sample the berries and fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What Mountains Are Good For | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

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