Word: eggnog
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...minor poet and novelist (Rainbow at Midnight, In Secret Battle), is well situated to serve as middleman between the beatniks and the squares. He owns a necktie, and he lives in a seaside slum of Los Angeles called Venice West, which is as cool and beat as a mentholated eggnog. Lipton himself is not really beat, but because of his advanced age (58) and full refrigerator, he is allowed to serve as Big Dada to the tribe...
...ride the bus could arrive no sooner than noon on Christmas Day assuming that the bus was on time, too late to give and worse, too late to receive, too late for carols and too late for church, in fact, too late for anything but a hasty swallow of eggnog before getting back on the bus for his return. The fate of the person residing in an obscure place like Palm Springs, California is too horrible to be considered in any detail. We will merely hope that he enjoys cleaning up broken toys...
Working under the supervision of a dean of labor, they bake the community's bread, man the local tavern (still bone dry), learn to turn out such dishes as chicken flakes in bird's nest, eggnog pie, toasted Brazil-nut pie and ginger biscuits. They weave bedspreads, napkins and tablecloths, produce a vast assortment of wooden furniture. Though no student graduates without a thorough grounding in the liberal arts. Berea regards its work program as an essential part of its education. Whether black or white, foreign or native, every boy or girl must put in at least...
Surprisingly, milk was indicated as the carrier of disease in only three outbreaks throughout the U.S., and only three minor cases were traced to milk products: one each to cheese, ice cream and eggnog. Still more surprising, only one outbreak (66 cases) involved shellfish. Otherwise, the old standbys in the spoilage and upset-stomach routine were to blame: cream-filled pastries, ham, turkey, chicken and tuna fish salad...
...Many a reader was sure to feel that Collier's pat, 'inevitable' outcome of the war made 'Eggnog' somewhat hard to swallow...