Word: kitchen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...venture the whole country would like to see a few real men in Congress and in the fourth estate as well who could take it without howling like children, as well as dishing it out. In these days the red herring and such are of more value in the kitchen...
...days past have been largely replaced by their faster-moving daughters. As for the mechanics of feeding so large a group, comfort has given way to utility and much needed dining hall space. Doors have been cut through walls, the first floor men's room is now a combination kitchen and serving table, the lower common room is just another dining hall...
...regulations requiring 60 sq. ft. of floor space and 720 cu. ft. of air space per man. Army cots go into the rooms, Army chow lines with scrubbed tables replace silver & linen in banquet halls. All the Army wants is the bare walls-sometimes the hard-to-get big kitchen utensils...
...General Twaddle. At Camp Roberts, Calif., the cooks' battery welcomed a new chef, Private Ralph L. Kitchen. In Indianapolis, one Tempus Fugit joined the Navy...
Jeffers lives in a comfortable brick Omaha house. Aggressively democratic, he once wrote that "the backbone of this democracy still eats in the kitchen." But he likes testimonial dinners. Behind the scenes, he managed a mammoth (7,500 guests) dinner given him when he became U.P. president. It was run on railroad time. The grapefruit was served at 6:07, the steaks at 6:18, etc. In 1940 Jeffers, no socialite, was king of AK-SAR-BEN ("Nebraska" backwards), Omaha's big annual blowout, a sort of civic triumph which the city awards to its sons who are outstandingly...