Word: eats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...beerhall, and addressed what Berliners call "felt-slipper" neighborhood meetings. Masterfully evoking the atmosphere of war's end and blockade, "when we hardly dared hope," the mayor got approving nods from women as he recalled how "mothers cheated themselves to give their husbands and children more to eat," ticked off post-blockade progress ("half a million new jobs, half a million Berliners in new apartments"), and briskly bade cloth-capped workers to stick with Berlin's friends in the West...
...visit was abruptly canceled; Ambassador Pegov stopped flashing his gold-toothed smile and packed for the trip home. The Soviet radio, in Persian language broadcasts, cried that "American warmongers will be masters of the country," and painted a gruesome picture of Iranians living in mud huts, forced to eat grass, date seeds and locusts because "everyone knows that the policy of militarizing the country is one of the main reasons for difficult living conditions...
...Begins to eat eggs, meat and butter and wash with hot water...
...added sharply, "Mexico must scrutinize any new private capital investment with care, supervising it closely. Foreign capital must be aware of and recognize its responsibilities and not merely provide a vehicle for the extraction of profits. The human factors involved-that is, whether the worker gets enough to eat and whether his malaria is cured-are the responsibilities of modern capitalism...
...survey of the U.S. musical scene. His breathless commuting between composing and conducting, Broadway and highbrow, has earned him, in some quarters, the affectionate handle of "the Poor Man's Lenny Bernstein." What makes Lehman run? "I like to live well," says Bachelor Engel candidly. "I like to eat and I like to drink. The sad truth is I have to work to do both...