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...another program, a commercial for a cake mix neglected to talk about the product, told viewers instead about how tough things were in the kitchen before cake mixes were invented. As a result, lots of housewives bought cake mixes, but not the advertiser's brand...
...French meal. When they had finished, some heroes of the great battle came back to the galleys with hands outstretched, pleading for more. One legionnaire carefully stored his bread crumbs in a cellophane bag, and a Frenchman held up a loaf and cried: "Bread! To me, messieurs, this is cake...
...Cake Eaters. Was there anything wrong with this? Builder Gross did not think so. Neither did another builder, Bertram Bonner of Richmond, who had made $1,000,000 in windfall profits. He pointed out that FHA regulations had been drawn to give builders a liberal incentive, and Congressmen had been well aware at the time that costs might be less than the mortgages. Said Bonner: "I find it a source of disappointment that our acts are criticized instead of praised...
...mortgages, there is no doubt that they would have had no place to live-or paid much more in rent-if the shortage had not been alleviated. And the FHA made money on its mortgage guarantees. In short, it looked as if Congress, now that it had its cake, wanted to eat the builders who had made...
...than his opponent will weigh heavily against him with many voters. He is only a few pounds overweight (190 Ibs.), but, as he rumbles, "I always gain weight on campaigns. Out visiting these people, they put on the table Kentucky ham, fried chicken, turnip greens, boiled potatoes, three-story cake and the other good eats. It's hard for a healthy man to resist." Barkley recognizes in Cooper a formidable opponent, and he realizes that it has been six years since he last campaigned for himself-a long time away from the hustings...