Word: hammed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year salary at Kingan because, he said, the job presented a "challenge." It did, in more ways than one. He found that his patient's profit margin was critically low (1½%). He decided to develop high-profit specialty products such as precooked ham loaf, meat spreads and sausages. Willkie also advised a streamlined administration, a big research program, improved sanitation controls and a heavy advertising campaign. The old guard objected to many of Willkie's expensive ideas. Says Willkie: "From the very outset, I [was] blocked and interfered with by the Sinclair family and its palace guard...
...last week, Vissering seemed to have established his beachhead. Two hundred non-Communist dockers, at regular union rates, had cleared 40 ships. The first U.S. troops had disembarked without even a catcall. Livorno's streets were now lively; restaurant menus had added hamburger and ham & eggs all' americano. Always the realists, the Communists said: "Of course we still disapprove of the U.S. warmongers . . . but we cannot stand between our union members and paying jobs...
...knew he had won. Owner Len Carey bought him as a puppy, sight unseen, and has kept him in show trim by exercising him in Manhattan's Central Park. Carey, an advertising executive, was not surprised at his dog's triumph: "He's strictly a ham. He knows what a flashbulb...
...exchange over, the Senator walked around for a handshake with the Mine Workers' great ham. Lewis chatted with Taft as if nothing had happened-and nothing had, except that John L. had given his Schimpflexikon an airing...
...Lawn Tennis Association. During the five-minute discussion that followed, Sir Norman put his arm around Savitt's shoulder and pleaded with him to play. Still sulking, Savitt turned his back. Finally, 13 minutes after his walkout, and at the earnest urging of his doubles partner, young (18) Ham Richardson, Savitt went back on to the court...