Word: hammed
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...tobacco farmers at the Grange Hall (to their delight, I parked my car and stepped out into a ditch), textile heirs at the Hyatt House and "spirit-filled" Christians at weekend barbecues. I baked Moravian sugar cakes and giggled through a meal in a restaurant that sandwiched its Virginia ham between slices of kosherrye...
Later in the flight, the Pope dined on lobster, ham, veal in wine, cheese, chestnut tart, fresh fruit and selected Italian wines, the same menu that the other travelers enjoyed. Conferring with him over lunch were Giuseppe Caprio, the No. 2 man in the Vatican Secretariat of State; Agostino Casaroli, the so-called Vatican foreign minister; and Sebastiano Cardinal Baggio, the main Vatican liaison to the bishops' meeting...
...inexcusably wasted as Superman's father-saint, and Gene Hackman is embarrassing as the campy villain--is it possible that this once-gripping character actor has lost every drop of style he ever possessed, or was he just miscast in a role that cried out for a polished ham (a Brando, an Olivier, a George C. Scott)? Only Christopher Reeve radiates from within...
...encouraging performance in the victory was freshman Gilian Raney's 12-point output as she ham-and-egged with Carle on the Crimson's deadly fast break...
...like the draft and the Ml rifle, C rations will become a thing of the past. In their place the Army has developed MREs (meal, ready-to-eat), precooked and packed in nice little aluminum-foil pouches. The new fare includes steak, swiss; ham, sliced; chicken, a la king; and beef, stew; along with chocolate cookies, fruit and brownies and freeze-dried coffee. The Pentagon says it has tested the new rations under both tropical and arctic conditions and even on generals at the Defense Logistics Agency, who were not told that they were being served MREs in the dining...