Word: corn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there in the plane, talking and munching factory-made fried potato chips. They were nutritious and tasty. And they are cheap." Khrushchev's plug for cornflakes was equally enthusiastic. Many people in the U.S. and Britain, he reported, happily breakfast on "vitaminized flakes of corn which are eaten with milk." Unfortunately, he added, "we consume corn in niggardly amounts because industry does not produce the foods we need...
Catching the spirit, Izvestia made one final suggestion: Russians should eat more popcorn-called "air corn" by the Soviets. "The Americans love it. Children and adults enjoy it. They sell small packages in theaters, railroad stations and airports." Soviet families would love it also, said the newspaper, which helpfully gave detailed instructions on how to grow hybrid corn for popping...
...Egypt, the corn god Osiris was plucked from the Nile early this morning. In Babylon, Tammuz was retrieved from the sea. In the Perilous Chapel, Parsifal located the Grail and thus restored the Fisher King's fertility. It could mean only one thing...
Affirmative Corn. The fastest rising phenomenon in the business is a Tin Pan Alley octopus called Aldon Music Inc., which has 35 boys and girls busy night and day composing songs. Last year Aldon turned out 300 numbers that were eventually immortalized on records, most of them strongly teen feel. "After four years," says Vice President Emil La Viola, "we've achieved an Aldon feel, a groove that's fresh and easy, a personal feel. The songs are simple, and mostly they have a negative message." Writers who have the Aldon feel down pat can make...
...Imam. "But none of my men know how to use them." Nor can they use captured tanks or trucks, since none of the tribesmen know how to drive. When they attack a tank, the tribesmen first kill off the accompanying infantrymen, then often set it afire with flaming corn stalks...