Word: cook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There were two Cadillacs parked here, and all of a sudden they just floated down the street," recounted Mike Collard, a cook at the Plaza III restaurant. Barber Gene Katzman heard "people hollering from rooftops, 'Here we are -help us!' Kids were scared and crying. The people were panicked...
...already known as "Queen of the Blues" when Irving Berlin heard her at Harlem's Cotton Club and cast her in As Thousands Cheer. A tremendous hit, she went on to the dramatic roles she preferred, including that of Berenice Sadie Brown, the compassionate and eloquent cook in both stage and screen versions of The Member of the Wedding. In 1951 she published His Eye Is on the Sparrow, a frank, resentful, sordid account of her life and religiosity ("The Catholic religion gives you a beautiful image to cuddle"). Rededicating herself to Christ, she sang regularly for Evangelist Billy...
...taxes on one home are compared with those of a dwelling just down the street. A number of communities tax houses on the basis of their original value. A grand old home might have lower taxes than a brand new house of lesser quality. Some districts, such as Cook County, Ill., and Fulton County, Ga., are attempting to eliminate the imbalance by taxing all homes at their current "fair market value," but then taxes explode and devastate longtime residents living on fixed incomes. Says Ren Wicks, 65, who, as a result of a $4,000 annual property tax bite...
...Thorn Birds, McCullough (1 last week) 2. The Crash of '79 Erdman (2) 3. Full Disclosure, Safire (4) 4. Illusions, Bach (3) 5. Delta of Venus, Nin (5) 6. Oliver's Story, Segal (8) 7. Trinity, Uris (6) 8. Coma, Cook (9) 9. Dynasty, Elegant (10) 10. Condominium, MacDonald...
...Coma, Cook...