Word: caking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Trains are considerably reduced and all rolling stock is in a bad way. . . . The local population is getting per month: one slice of meat; one cake of soap and a little oil; a minute quantity of fish and one egg. Only children have the right to milk. The people keep body and soul together with a little rice and vegetables. . . . "Brides can no longer include a tansu [wooden chest of drawers] and a mosquito net in their trousseau, but must be happy with two boxes of senko [incense] and a basket [bassinet...
...certain name makes your temperature behave like a see-saw; when you stop to chat with fond mothers, cuddle new-born babes and become interested in Weatena, Farina and Pablum; when you desert the Lone Ranger for Baby Snooks and Uncle Don; when you take to eating angel food cake, passion fruit sundaes and lover's delights; when you change your monthly magazine subscription from Esquire to Parent's Magazine; when you open a Christmas Club Savings account; when you hum "Oh, Promise Me" before going to bed, and "Here Comes The Bride" upon getting up in the morning; when...
Mince Pie Chocolate Nut Cake...
...industry agrees with California Arabian: there should be no Government managerial interest in world oil. In a sense the industry wants to have and eat its cake. The report last week called for plenty of official diplomatic support for whatever deals private U.S. interests negotiate...
...carload of The-Men-Who-Made-America, The Great American Customer deals only inferentially with the subject of its title, concentrates on the all-but-forgotten manufacturers and salesmen who supplied the U.S. customer's meager demands in the early days after Independence. But it is a plum cake rich in things most U.S. citizens never knew before about their forebears...