Word: eats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Admonishing the 650 delegates to the British party's 23rd national congress, Pollitt said last week: "It is high time that we stopped creating the impression that does so much to frighten other people from joining the party, that we are some kind of human beings who never eat, sleep, play, dream or even make love...
...After going hungry for five days, male dogs have a striking increase in fertility, Johns Hopkins researchers reported. This jibes with nature's way (seals and walruses do not eat before mating), but conflicts with animal-husbandry practice, which overfeeds beasts at stud. Said Dr. W. Horsley Gantt: "I see no reason to think the principle would not also apply to humans...
...subject is one day in a small Welsh town and the life of its people. It is not an important day: the people dream--of the past, and of lovers, and of the dead. They work while the postman brings news of the day and of each other. They eat, and some pray, and some debauch; then they sleep. It is the daily cycle which Thomas found always fresh and with meaning. Without pretense or confusion, he presents this day on two levels, both as the routine of villagers and as the scheme of the universe...
THIRTEEN. Avoid being thirteen at a table; it brings bad luck. The strong-minded should not fall to crack Jokes: "What is the difference? I'll eat enough for two!" Or again, if there are ladies, ask if any is pregnant...
SPINACH. Acts on your stomach like a broom. Never forget to repeat M. Prudhomme's famous remark: "I don't like it and am glad of it, because if I liked it I would eat it--and I can't stand it." (Some people will find this sensible enough and won't laugh...