Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drank a cup of strong tea, the rabbi explained that the association of tradition and scholarly pursuits has been an integral part of his life since his Midwestern boyhood. There his father, an East European immigrant, educated himself each night with Bancroft's History of the World while fostering in the boy a "love of learning" of the past and of tradition. The rabbi suggested that his early congregation was an expression of that love but he found that, during the McCarthy era, he would have more freedom working with college students. Consequently he served as rabbi of two college...
Exton reminisced about going to college during the Prohibition. "We went to Scully Square [a section of Boston torn down to make way for Government center]," Exton said. "If you asked for tea, they'd serve you a terrible red wine in a cup...
...very worried about losing his fans because of being too Establishment," John Eastman observes, but McCartney has no hesitation in announcing: "It's nice waking up in the morning now. Instead of the dregs of the night, you have the refreshing faces of children and a cup of tea." There are three faces likely to pop up in front of him-Heather, 13, Linda's daughter from a previous marriage, Mary, 6, and Stella, 4-and a nice assortment of houses for the daily awakening...
...19th time the Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup...
...Raymond Kroc, today one of America's 12 richest men, who created the McDonald's monster. Back in 1954, Kroc, a slick-talking paper cup salesman passing through town, saw their operation. On the spot, he offered them a deal: in exchange for the right to use their names, methods, and golden arch insignia in order to establish identical McDonald's franchises around the country, he would give them a small percentage of each store's sales. The brothers, "out-spieled," reluctantlyagreed. Within five years Kroc had bought out their share of the enterprise. And a few months later, annoyed...