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...cook is not one of the prerequisites, but it is the one most praised by the girls, and the "green" hands have a difficult few weeks. Each cook may choose her own menu, which includes almost anything for breakfast, and meat or a casserole, vegetables, salad, and a dessert for dinner. Private recipes are more often than not encouraged, and the result has been some very elaborate meals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Coop Houses Give Girls Only 'Home Ec' Course | 3/18/1950 | See Source »

...rotation. Hints on good manners were printed (anonymously) for those going home after two years in the South Seas: "Say 'Please pass the butter.' You DO NOT say, 'Throw down the grease ...' If, while dining at a friend's house you wish more dessert, merely stare at your empty plate until someone catches on. DO NOT say, 'How about seconds on the slop?' " Author McMillan refrains from printing "Personal Manners" instructions on addressing live young white women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Pacific | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

...that night club is currently initiating a complete musical revue, much like the Broadway product--and this in the same room where you can eat a wiener schnitzel and drink an African Zombie. At 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. the nitery's green-vested waiters clear the dessert dishes and fill the water glasses; the lights dim, and the stage at one end of the room becomes the center of interest for the next hour, as a group of young singers and dancers take over...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: FROM THE PIT | 11/23/1949 | See Source »

...supper, scheduled for December 14 in Agassiz will consist only of dessert and coffee this year, but will be free. Since the affair is the one all-college get-together aside from formal opening, the Sophomores felt that no admission should be charged. Regular dinner will be served in the dormitories before the supper and an effort will be made to invite as many commuters as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Council Makes Xmas Plans, Charters Federalists | 10/25/1949 | See Source »

...dessert, there was Palmiro Togliatti, who appeared in person to make a fiery speech in which he dwelt smugly on Russia's possession of the atomic bomb. After the boss's speech, the carnival ended in a burst of fireworks, followed by glowing reports from the party treasury that the Florence carnival had boosted the total sum collected for the Communist press beyond 300 million lire (slightly less than half a million dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Have a Unifa | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

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