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THREE MBTA STOPS and a short walk away a healthy herd of 800 Boston Brahmins munched on dessert and slurped the last of the champagne at Anthony's Pier 4. They were waiting to see why they dropped $500 each for lunch; they wanted to see Carter, and they wanted to hear him say something important...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Mr. President | 10/18/1980 | See Source »

...haven't eaten a dessert since January 1st," Bogden said. "It doesn't hurt to look at hot fudge anymore...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Lightweights Float With Depth | 4/12/1980 | See Source »

...hard campaign schedule without feeling any need to exercise or watch his diet. Quite the contrary: he is one of the few politicians who regularly eat the food at banquets, and he complains mildly that he is often called on to speak before he can start on the dessert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reagan's Rousing Return | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...there is a keen sense of place, of dirt next to grandeur, the greasy, lice-infested hair underneath those magnificent 17th century wigs. But Mnouchkine the writer has failed Mnouchkine the director. Without the mind to engage it, the eye inevitably wanders. She has provided a rich and enticing dessert but neglected the main course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Hollow French Confection | 1/7/1980 | See Source »

...potato, the pumpkin. For starters, how about pumpkin soup? Or bawd bree, the rich hare broth of Scotland? It might be followed by Colombia's pato borracho (drunken duckling) or Gaelic roastit bubblyjock wi' cheston crappin (roast turkey with chestnuts) and rumblede-thumps (creamed potatoes and cabbage). Dessert could be Mexican torta del cielo, or a rum-flavored nut tart from France, or Irish plum cake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Feasts for Holiday and Every Day | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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