Word: hoof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...leading U.S. packers and retailers to Washington last week to find out why the price of sirloin steak in July had risen from 88? a Ib. to $1.10, then dropped to 98?, then bounded up close to $1.10 again. During all this time, the price of beef on the hoof was virtually unchanged. The explanation, as everyone expected, was simple. The packers and retailers had jacked up prices when the Korean war touched off a burst of buying, then cut them when housewives balked at the increase. Explained Swift & Co. Vice President Paul C. Smith: "In the meat business...
Francis is played by a real Army veteran who underwent a 16-hour-a-day movie course with studio Trainer Jimmy Phillips. Recruited for the film from a Calabasas, Calif, mule dealer, he was dyed a darker hue from head to hoof, wore greasepaint on his mouth, powder on his nose, a "rat" in his tail, half-inch false eyelashes and-until he balked-extra-sized false ears. Like many a new-found star, patient Francis is currently making personal appearances with the picture...