Word: hammed
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...giggling. Young Kent, 5, spilled his cider on the damask tablecloth, and Cheryl had a change of heart. "I wasn't going to eat," she said, "but I got hungry." After dinner King Paul made a quick tour of the farm with Smith. Then, with a home-cured ham tucked under his arm, the King waved goodbye and drove back to Chicago to tell the Queen all about...
...royal couple shook 2,000 hands at the Greek ambassador's reception, then hurried on to Secretary Dulles' official dinner. Queen Frederika, wearing a cream satin gown, a diamond coronet and the Greek army's Cross of Bravery, bravely tackled the lobster thermidor, roast pheasant, Smithfield ham mousse, marron bombe on nests of spun sugar and three wines. Next morning Their Majesties were up early for a whirlwind tour of the Naval Academy at Annapolis...
...motorcade of chauffeur-driven Cadillacs and Chryslers, the party swirled into West Philadelphia, where, at one of Father Divine's centers, the Divine Tracy Hotel, he had decreed a light breakfast. Prophet Jones stared at the array of fruits and fruit juices, eggs cooked in every style, ham, sausages, bacon and pastries. He eats only one meal a day, and that after 9:30 p.m., he explained, and nibbled sparingly on a peach and a pear...
...boyhood days in South Carolina by stringing wires between the tall pines in his parents' backyard. He worked for a while as a professional wireless operator on ships plying the Pacific. Later, when he became a reporter for Hearst's Chicago Herald & Examiner, he set up a ham set in the city room. When police captured Public Enemy John Dillinger in 1934 and refused to tell newsmen the whereabouts and time of arrival of the plane carrying him from Tucson to Chicago, Turner was the man behind the big scoop. He caught the pilot's radio signals...
...Yooma of It. Bill stayed for an hour. He opened the cash register, took out $70 and thrust it into his pockets. He gave away a series of presents-six dozen eggs to one sick-looking customer, a liverwurst to another, 30 slices of ham to a third. He poured himself a glass of milk and drained it. Then he finally strolled out and was gone. He was arrested in only a few hours-his automobile had no plates, and while this kept anyone from jotting down his license number, it made the car as conspicuous as a Brooklyn girl...