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...lexicon of Brillat-Savarin, world-renowned gourmet, there is no such word as grits,* But in the U.S. South, from plantation mansion to tenant shack, grits has been part of a way of life for generations. Many Southerners eat grits with every meal, few understand why Yankees find it insipid...
...stiff wall of defense; it is elastic. When a neutral power holds the bridgeway between two theaters, the elasticity increases. Then neutrality involves giving inches at the right time to the right power, playing one power off against another. It involves careful analysis of every word in the lexicon of neutrality: "friendship," "alliance," "benevolence" and many more, until the lexicon is exhausted. For a nation in Turkey's position, the last word in the lexicon, the one to be most anxiously and searchingly scanned...
...head of the National Association of Manufacturers, Mr. Frederick C. Crawford, last week introduced a new word into the lexicon of that association...
Plan for Defense. In the lexicon of Rundstedt's Hohenzollern-made class, there is no such word as "won't." When Adolf Hitler, whom few Junker officers regard with kindness, ordered straight-backed Rundstedt to a secondary area, and a defensive job to boot, no old-line officer could have been surprised that he took the job. Or that he did it well...
...describe the delicate tones of this sport, an entire lexicon of terms has developed, based on local personalities and applicable imagery. General talk ranges from "pin cheat" (one who tilts the board) to the conventional club greeting: "How's your pinmanship?" Nickels are "legal tender" or "apaches"; quarters are "shingles." Scores are kept in "thous," and an especially unbeatable machine is a "Gottlieb masterpiece," named after the manufacturer...