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Word: lickin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unfortunate phrase "finger-lickin' good," once confined to chicken in the South, now appears in Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco, Buffalo, El Paso. All too often, sea food is now headlined: "Denizens of the Deep." Vegetables come from "Field and Forest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Restaurants: Edibility Gap | 12/6/1968 | See Source »

...months, George Wallace had been casting about for a running mate, often in pretty strange waters. He considered "Colonel" Harland Sanders, the fried-chicken king ("It's finger-lickin' good"). He looked over Paul Harvey, a right-wing newscaster, former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, and Orval Faubus, the ex-Governor of Arkansas. He nearly chose A. B. ("Happy") Chandler, the former Governor and Senator from Kentucky, but Chandler proved too moderate on the race issue. Last week, after jokingly warning reporters that "I'm full of surprises," he announced his decision: retired Air Force General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Campaign: George's General | 10/11/1968 | See Source »

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