Word: grapefruits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Houstonians had a drop of mob justice left in their veins, wrote Little, they would organize "a posse of Cadillac owners" to invade damyankee-land and free Conley. Exclaimed Little: "It is Texans like Conley who add scent to the magnolia, color to the red hibiscus, juice to the grapefruit and stature to the San Jacinto monument...
...York. Minneapolis and five other cities, Stouffer's restaurants offered special low-calorie lunches; the Pennsylvania Railroad had a 470-calorie "Streamliner" on its dining-car menus. Domino Sugar asked a "diet-conscious public to recognize that three teaspoons of sugar actually contain fewer calories than half a grapefruit . . . or an apple ... or even three small tomatoes...
...cops caught them through sheer good luck. Two Argentinians had decided to blow up the black Cadillac customarily used by Foreign Minister Jeronimo Remorino. Under cover of darkness, they carried a grapefruit-size grenade toward the lonely curb where the car was parked, only to find that two cops had settled down in the car to escape a steady drizzle. The policemen chased and arrested the pair, winning $10.000 in rewards from Peron...
...factories, junkyards, piers, abattoirs, disconsolate old houses and drafty barrooms. When the wind is right, the indescribable perfume of some of the world's most thoroughly fermented tidal flats profanes the air. Jersey politics-a hatchery for grasping bosses-rests in this setting as comfortably as a bloated grapefruit floating in a sump...
Diet As You Ride. For dieting passengers, the Pennsylvania Railroad began serving a 470-calorie meal in its dining cars. The menu: tomato juice, two crackers, chopped sirloin, carrots, lettuce salad (with nonfattening dressing), half a grapefruit, tea or coffee with saccharin. Price...