Word: dished
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Betty (The Egg and I) MacDonald, whose airy literary omelet is the nation's favorite dish, got a deep bow from her adopted state of Washington. The governor, the mayor and the president of the state Farmers' Association were among the benders-from-the-waist at eating and oratorical festivities in Seattle. Authoress MacDonald watched what she ate; after five years of staggering headaches she had discovered the trouble: she was allergic to eggs...
...aviators were beheaded publicly by Matoba's own 308th Battalion, to buoy the troops' morale. In each case, the liver was cut from the still-warm bodies, delivered to Matoba's cook, cut into strips and served in sukiyaki. At one gay party, where the cannibal dish was washed down with sake, Tachibana was Matoba's guest. That night, during a U.S. air attack, Matoba boasted that enemy bombs could not hurt him because he had eaten the enemy's flesh...
...Post is quite right . . . in that the "18th Century cup [with] fine and slightly flaring rim" does not drool, but her fine teacup requires tender care-more time in dish washing...
...afternoon 50-year-old Alfred Brissenden, a night watchman, was taking a dish of tea with his wife in their cottage on Green Street, Royston, Hertfordshire. Beside them sat Ben, 6, their black-&-white, smooth-haired fox terrier. Just as Mrs. Brissenden passed Mr. Brissenden the biscuits, a voice said: "I want...
...aboard for Manhattan's tabloid PM. Presumably with the aid of U.S. Zionists, he had joined an illegal group "somewhere in Europe," accompanied them from station to station by land, and through the British blockade by sea. For hardworking, squirrelly, 38-year-old Izzy Stone, whose usual dish of tea is badgering U.S. Secretaries of State at press conferences, it was an offbeat adventure. For PM, which makes a play for New York City's 2,000,000 Jews, Izzy's journey had the promise of some first-rate news beats...