Word: foodes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these groups, which millions of men and women have joined voluntarily for fraternal companionship, to effect some form of civic betterment or for simple self-improvement. Through John Scott, we have a sense of participation and membership, while we contribute what we are best qualified to give: information and food for thought, collected by a gourmet around the world...
Scarcely noticed beyond the meeting hall in Rome where the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization met in special session was a quiet exercise in diplomacy that won for .the U.S. some new and valued Asian friends...
...precise detail ("The line troops are to be 40 to 50 years of age . . . The officers, too, are to be from 40 to 50 years of age; and all who strip the dead and collect the spoil and clean up the terrain and keep the weapons and prepare the food are to be between 25 and 30"), and some scholars look on it as a historical account of a real war; e.g., General Yigael Yadin of Israel finds in it various similarities with Roman fighting practices. But despite the military overtones, the document's elaborate and elusive reading...
There was much enthusiasm for Foster Furcolo ("symbol of democracy") and his wife (who sat on her mink stole). The high point of his speech came when he noted the high price of food and asked who got the profit. "Does the small grocer get the profit?" "NO!" cried the audience. "Does the farmer get the profit?" "NO!" "Then the question is, who gets the profit." My friend said, "That's a pretty damn good question...
...next speaker was the State Committeewoman who was noting the price of food when applause was heard outside. The committeewoman went on. The audience turned to the rear of the hall as drums boomed in the corridor. She move closer to the microphone. Then the blaring band marched into the hall; she stepped back and stared at the wilting orchid on her shoulder...