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...Massachusetts Supreme Court struck a blow to "save our world-renowned fish chowder from degenerating into an insipid broth." As all seasoned slurpers should know, New England fish chowder is full of dangerous objects-from bones to bits of shell. And when Priscilla Webster swallowed without seining at Boston's Blue Ship Tea Room, she got a bone in her throat that required hospital extraction. Miss Webster sued, won a jury verdict of $1,800. On reversing it, the Supreme Court absolved the restaurant of responsibility for the damage done by "the bone of contention," even though "we sympathize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Of Booze, Broth & Anguish | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

Yesterday morning was partly overcast, and there were short, scattered showers during the afternoon, but this didn't stop the Class of 1938 from consuming 1400 lobsters, an undetermined quantity of clams on the half-shell and clam chowder, and various other foods and beverages at the Essex County Club...

Author: By Charles W. Bevard jr., | Title: Reunion Class Eats 1400 Lobsters, Frolics at Golf, Tennis, Softball | 6/11/1963 | See Source »

...encore for Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? we should all sing, Who Put the Rocks in Rockefeller's Head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 24, 1963 | 5/24/1963 | See Source »

...runoff in case it rained. Over in the Hyannis marina four miles away, a presidential yacht, the Patrick J., bobbed at anchor, all tuned and ready for an afternoon's cruise. Baxter's Fish Market was standing anxiously by, awaiting the order for lobsters and fish for chowder. White House Chef Rene Verdon had bought $150 worth of food at a Hyannis supermarket, and carefully insisted on his full quota of trading stamps. Years of Diplomacy. A friendly crowd of 500 was at Otis Air Force Base as Pearson's Comet touched down from Ottawa. After striding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: A Weekend at Jack's | 5/17/1963 | See Source »

...home rule. With this power in his pocket, Daley could extract from the ward dukes of his city council a large measure of subservience; he had control over contracts, budgets and jobs. After a series of battles in the council, Daley succeeded in transforming the aldermen into a civic chowder-and-marching society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: Clouter with Conscience | 3/15/1963 | See Source »

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