Word: eats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Snow. The old woman's story runs thus: she was once a simple, pious country girl who was groomed for the role of prophetess at Delphi's prosperous temple. There she was clothed in a bridal robe, learned to get along with the temple snakes, eat the sacred laurel and become the ecstatic "bride" of the god who emanated from the cleft of a rock in the depth of the earth. As a Pythia she was alone, a social outcast, feared and avoided by the plain people of Delphi. She was totally filled with the love...
While college residents do not have to eat the delicacies from the central kitchens they always have to pay for them. Dean's list students on past vacations, however, were given the opportunity to sign off board for up to one week if they planned to extend their absences. Team members participating in away athletic events can also avoid paying for food while they are away. Students who take short trips to complete research in other cities should receive an equivalent option...
Thus arises the hypocritical term, "House dues." Rather than associate their efforts with those of the Combined Charities Drive, the Committees have a number of so-called "membership" cards printed. For two dollars, anyone who already must eat and sleep there may also become a member of his House. He is free, however, not to pay, and the only privileges he forfeits are possession of the card and entrance to a few free functions sponsored by the Committee. The unfortunate House Committeeman is left with no apology for his presence except the exhortation that contributing is "a nice thing...
...Bancroft, 31, a veteran of Continental Airlines. Planes are constantly monitored over war-surplus radio equipment, must report every 15 minutes, are required to stay down after dark. Each man packs a mosquito net, air mattress and survival rations, is reminded in case he runs out of food to "eat what monkeys eat." "Fact is." says Maintenance Boss Bancroft, "we never had a serious accident. We feel the Lord is with...
...dead goldfish in pants pocket, enduring the first black eye and the first crush on teacher, selling water on the hottest day of the year and seeing through the emperor's clothes with such remarks as "A picnic is when you go out in the country and eat food off the dirt." Writer-Producers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who are fathers as well as savvy old hands at scripting radio-TV shows, e.g., Amos 'n' Andy, manage to combine low-pressure comedy with universal family situations and such keenly observed detail as a wife...