Word: counterfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...here at the head of [the line]--sweating," said Jeanette D. Giddings, who is scheduled to work the counter. "It will be fun," she said...
...many French, no other institution so embodies their civilization as le zinc. Today the counter of the typical cafe-bistro is rarely made of zinc -- metal alloys and Formica are easier to clean -- but the rituals remain. The owner who shakes hands with the regulars. The blue-uniformed laborer downing his half-liter of beer. The war veteran nursing his Calvados-laced coffee. In villages, farmers gather after a day's harvest for a shot of pastis and a dice game. In cities, shopgirls pause for orange juice and a croque monsieur, the grilled ham-and-cheese sandwich that...
...home for lunch. In the country, mechanized farming has shrunk village populations, leading to the closing of the cafes that served them. Still, most towns have a place where tradition survives. In Houlgate, a small town on the Normandy coast, six men and a woman chatted around the Formica counter on a recent Saturday. "We come for the conviviality, not for the alcohol," said Sylvain Lecuyer, a 40-year- old seasonal worker. "If someone does not show up for two days, we phone to see if he is sick." Musing on the closing of several local cafes, his drinking companion...
Because starving bodies are so severely disrupted, it takes more than good meals to restore them. In fact, too much food too suddenly can kill victims by triggering shock. The process of refeeding, which in Somalia will take place mainly in huge feeding camps, usually starts with fluids to counter dehydration. Then comes a high-calorie, high-protein mixture such as the U.S. government's Unimix, made of ground beans, ground rice or corn, sugar and vegetable oil. This is given in frequent, small meals so that the out-of- practice digestive tract can handle it. Severely malnourished children...
...Counter and Gravelle, some long-term vacations...