Word: half-an-hour
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...obliged sound photographers with a running commentary: "We are now about to sign the mutual guarantee between EDC and the United Kingdom . . .We are now signing the NATO guarantee." Italy, Luxembourg and Holland followed. "Put some light on De Gasperi," shouted a cameraman, and there was light. After half-an-hour's scribbling, the ink was dry; so were the ministers. Arm in arm they marched out of the chamber to sample the Quai d'Orsay's champagne. On the E-shaped table, done up in red tape and sealing wax, they left the hopeful blueprints...
...daresay you haven't had much practice" said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes, I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast...
...back to the gold rings--after a few minutes, they got dull. We polished them for half-an-hour, and they regained their shiny luster, but the one thing the customs officer didn't question me about in New York was my declaration of one brass ring, value two dollars...
That was in 1940, and the story (by Lucille Fletcher Herrmann and Norman Corwin), breezing over CBS in half-an-hour flat, was one of the best and most popular radio plays of the year...
...centre, break in eggs, stir gradually, mixing in flour from the sides, and add milk by degrees until a thick smooth batter is formed. Beat well for ten minutes, then add remainder of milk, cover, and let it stand for at least one hour in refrigerator. About half-an-hour before beef is due to be done take deep dish, put in a thin layer of dripping taken from meat tin, and while dish and dripping are getting thoroughly hot in oven beat up batter well again. Take dish and dripping from oven and pour in batter, place...