Word: cons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chile con carne...
...immediate cause of the insurgency was Whitman's evening menu, which scheduled chili con carne and prune whip. Most of Whitman's residents, remembering their luncheon of "puppies delight" (a form of hash), decided to eat else-where...
Eight girls remained behind at Whitman. They didn't eat chile con carne and prune whip after all, but got dry cereal...
Almost the first student Staley had was a young ward worker named James Michael Curley, later famed as mayor, congressman, governor and convicted con-man.* "He had the harsh Boston voice," recalls Delbert Staley, "and the vocabulary of a fishmonger. But I straightened out his grammar, gave him a vocabulary, and trained his voice." Curley, says Staley proudly, is "the greatest American orator since Daniel Webster...
...Buenos Aires' downtown Avenida de Mayo, colored lights, bunting and comic posters went up in preparation for a municipal jamboree. In Uruguay, practical jokers would soon be in full frolic on Montevideo's streets. In Lima, everybody battened down for a soaking, giggling weekend of indoor juegos con agua (water fights...