Word: chews
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cold Cigars. From Voisin's, Ritz moved on to successively bigger jobs in Nice, San Remo, Lucerne, Rome, BadenBaden, Vienna. He remembered and carefully catered to the whims of such tourists as Cornelius Vanderbilt (who liked to chew cold cigars), John Wanamaker (who asked "are you leading a Christian life?"), the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (who liked his beef well-done). On one of the jobs, César Ritz formed a lifelong partnership with an obscure chef named Auguste Escoffier...
...must confess that for some time I had been eagerly planning to chew up the Advocate into little bite-sized pieces. I find, however, that, upon reading the magazine, my ardor in pursuing this sadistic task has been rather dampened by the quality of some of the material under consideration. Two stories, one poem, and one picture in the current issue are, I think, admirable, a fact which makes the magazine frustrating to the professional curmudgeon but rewarding to the reader...
...facts in both of these cases cannot help but chew deeply into the optimism and idealism of those still hopeful for peace on earth and good will towards men. But of the two, the Palestine issue is much the more clearly defined, much the more tragic twist of events. The current Czechoslovakia situation, while unquestionably the product of a Communist putsch of the most brazen sort, is not yet fully enough evolved to warrant throwing one hand up in despair and reaching for a rifle with the other, as many are already doing. It is true that President Benes...
...feature forum of the term will take place on April 28, when leading Democrats and Republicans will chew the "Major Issues of the 1948 Election." Mrs. Douglas, California representative, and Gail Sullivan, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, will face Halleck, House majority leader, and Vermont Senator George D. Aiken...
...Socialist, the second to a Popular Republican. The Cocos got the third and fourth spots. Furious and frustrated, they said they would not accept. When Foreign Minister Georges Bidault appeared to say a few words, they advised him to run away and drink his U.S. Coca-Cola, chew his U.S. chewing...