Word: butcher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...block-square, million-dollar Shoppers Market in Santa Monica, Calif, was having its grand opening. Behind the butcher counter stood Actor Ernest Borgnine, a smile on his face and a meat cleaver in his hand. The man who proved, in Marty, that butchers are nice people, was being spurred on by throngs of movie fans and pressagents and a group of scantily clad models with placards announcing, "I Love Marty." Reporters, newsreel cameramen and photographers were on hand, and two representatives of the Santa Monica Bay District Meatcutters Union, Local 587 (the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America...
Nothing Wishy-Washy. Second reason for the high cost of kosher meat: butcher shops, also supervised by rabbis, must scrupulously trim fat from, all meat. "The Jewish housewife is very particular," says Jack Price, a director of the Chicago Kosher Butchers Association. "She doesn't care about price. She will haggle about the looks of the meat, and make the butcher cut this and that until she is satisfied...
This drives the kosher butcher crazy sometimes, but he respects the housewife who demands the best." Last week's Chicago prices for a rib roast: A. & P.-55? a lb., kosher...
...Fontainebleau, Poujade reminded them of their pledge to follow his orders: "See, my boys. Now you listen to Little Pierre!" He decreed that all must hand over their Deputies' salaries (about $600 a month) to his "national treasury." He strongly advised them to hire professionals to run their butcher shops, groceries, bakeries and other businesses back home, so they can devote full time to politics...
Marty. The year's best U.S. picture: the love story of "a very good butcher"; with Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair (TIME, April...