Word: eye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Artfully arranged on a plate, sashimi, a Japanese raw-fish dish, is a treat to the eye as well as the palate. But this and other raw-fish dishes now becoming popular in the U.S. may also be a potential health hazard. The U.S. Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control in Atlanta warns that raw fish may contain Anisakidae, marine worms that can cause fever and abdominal problems in humans. According to the CDC, one California man pulled one of the worms out of his throat ten days after dining on sashimi prepared from raw white...
Gambling was universal, and fighting was taken in stride. Preachers fretted about English-inspired "Foppery, Luxury and Recreation." Gerald Carson, a student of American manners, rightly notes that "a prohibitionist in colonial America would have been considered a lunatic." The alcoholic eye-opener was a morning ritual for some upper-class women. In the presence of the bottle, church people overcame sectarian differences. On the Carolina frontier, Episcopalian Charles Woodmason grumbled that "In this Article both Presbyterians and Episcopalians very charitably agree (viz.) That of Getting Drunk...
They have but one eye, these big green monsters, a somewhat large one located in the middle of the forehead. They gnash their teeth--what teeth they have--producing a sound which is audible throughout a football game...
...Cincinnati Reds official walked up and hugged Bench, who was quite drunk. He was wearing a bright orange-red Cincinnati blazer, which caught Bench's eye...
Rumor has it that The Master and Margherita will turn up at the Brattle sometime in the near future. Keep an eye peeled...