Word: dessertation
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...America, Honorary President Robert Frost, 87, was served up a bronze bust of himself done by Economist and Sunday Sculptor Leo Cherne (mused Frost: "It doesn't have to look like me; if it's a good bust, it's all right"). Then came the airy dessert: a morsel whipped up by Shelley Award Winner Theodore Roethke. A poetaste...
...must get even. Would the husband mind ever so much if she asked him to seduce the intended bride? Not at all. Least a man can do to protect his wife's reputation. With zest, the husband consumes the maiden's virtue, and then goes on to dessert: a respectable young mother (Annette Vadim, the director's ex-wife...
...bulk of California production still goes into the sweet dessert wines such as port, sherry and muscatel, especially the cheap versions known as "Sneaky Pete" consumed by impoverished alcoholics ("Let's not call them winos," says Gallo, who sells a lot of such stuff). But the premium vintners are heartened by the fact that table wine is getting an increasing share of the total market. In 1957, for example, all U.S. vintners shipped 143.3 million gallons, of which 93.6 million were dessert wines and 40.8 million table wines. Last year, as total domestic shipments climbed to 152.5 million gallons...
...reduction in calories results not so much from a slight drop in alcohol content, say the makers, as from the removal of rice and corn "adjuncts" and a new malt recipe. Calorie counters will welcome it, but many beer drinkers with a taste for body and flavor may skip dessert instead. CJ Automatic cow-washing machine that scrubs, rinses and massages a dairy cow in 4^ sec. Called "Cowash," the bovine bathhouse ($3,500 installed) promises a revolution in dairy production, especially for dairymen who live in states (California, Arizona, Florida) where laws require that dairy cattle be thoroughly washed...
...have changed very little since he was one of my PT-boat commanders in the Pacific war. He was a good one, too-a brave and resourceful young naval officer. But, judging from the luncheon he served me today [pièce de résistance: Cornish hen; dessert: omelette surprise]," added MacArthur, "he is living somewhat higher...