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Word: grapefruits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Down with Damyankees | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Battle of the Bulge | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Plot of the Grey Suits | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW JERSEY: Grapefruit in the Garden State | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, may 11, 1953 | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

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