Word: fruit
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Inside the palace of the Aga Khan at Poona, wizened, rebellious, mystical Mohandas K. Gandhi last week began his tenth hunger strike since 1918. At the age of 74, Gandhi said that he planned to live on a diet of fruit juice and water for 21 days.* He embarrassed the British, who have branded Gandhi as a traitor at worst, a troublesome mystic at best. For his own Congress party followers (including at least 60,000 who have been arrested since last August) the fast was an effort to bolster sagging morale and stiffen the fraying fibers of resistance...
...chief features of this ladies club, however. They specialize in parties and teas and coke-sessions, which take place on a once a day and twice on Sunday schedule. The last real fete was the Christmas party, at which the members are said to have consumed several bowls of fruit punch...
Back in London this week, Churchill looked fit and tanned. Hundreds of Britons at Paddington Station cheered him, looked longingly at the crates of fresh fruit he brought back...
...Likes mashed potatoes, dislikes Army fried potatoes (35% uneaten). > Likes fruit and gelatin desserts better than...
...dessert, cakes and cookies are top favorites, canned fruits next. Pies trail fruit salad and gelatins. Least popular: puddings...