Word: butter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...royal clan derives from the Barrymores, with echoes of the Drews. The grande dame who wields the scepter in this kingdom is Fanny Cavendish (Eva Le Gallienne), an ailing titaness of the footlights with the tongue of an asp and a heart of melting butter. But pandemonium is really the ruler of the realm...
...more homely peasant formula, "They celebrated their wedding, and are still alive to this very day and chewing bread." Many stories end with a hint by the storyteller that he is hungry and thirsty after his labors. "There's a tale for you and a crock of butter for me" ... "I was at their wedding and drank beer and wine: it ran down my mustache but did not go into my mouth" ... "And the knight married the princess Paliusha and gave a most wonderful feast. I dined and drank mead with them, and their cabbage was toothsome. Even...
...electronic digital watches were selling briskly. Consumers, it seemed, were interested in high-quality goods and were less inclined than they once were to hunt for bargains. This year's most popular items included sportswear, fashion accessories and cosmetics, along with newfangled small appliances like peanut-butter makers and electric hot-dog grillers and such voguish gimmicks as mood rings and "pet rocks." Only "intimate apparel" clearly fell shy of merchants' expectations...
...brief paroxysm of rage over Kerr's action, strikers shut down slaughterhouses, construction sites and steelworks all over Australia. But before long, Australian voters decided that Whitlam's firing was not the main issue after all. Opinion polls showed that voters were more concerned about bread-and-butter issues-inflation, industrial unrest and unemployment-than the constitutional question posed by Whitlam's sacking...
TACKLES. Steve Niehaus, Notre Dame, 6 ft. 5 in., 260 lbs.; and Ken Novak, Purdue, 6 ft. 7 in., 274 lbs. Niehaus is "the bread-and-butter guy a scout can make a living on." His specialty: running down backs from behind. He made 113 unassisted tackles this fall. Novak is not quite so sure a choice. The scouts do not consider his senior season good enough, but still rate him above the rest of the field because of his size...