Word: lid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reflect the disproportionate share of the wealth acquired by the ubiquitous Trujillo family through The Benefactor's standard 10% cut on all public-works contracts, his heavy interests in sugar, textiles, cattle, insurance, and his monopolies of salt, cigarettes, lumber, matches, milk and peanut oil. When the coffin lid shut on Trujillo's business career last week, he was worth an estimated $800 million. Feeding the Chaos. The man who will reap the whirlwind, rushing home from Paris in an Air France jet chartered for $28,000, was Rafael Leonidas ("Ramfis...
...Disney's special effects department): To 1 lb. saltwater taffy add 1 heaping tbs. polyurethane foam, 1 cake crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over 1 cup cracked rice mixed with 1 cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till it lifts lid and says "Qurlp...
...readers to applaud us for printing great art, others to hoot in dismay. One woman was so appalled by the appearance of New York Times Washington Correspondent James Reston (Feb. 15) that she wrote in asking about the state of his health: "The boiled right eye with its drooping lid, the bulbous nose-everything he eats or drinks must disagree with...
...performances, had to explain to autograph seekers that he was not Roddy McDowall. His biggest worry came when his subject was rushed to Toronto's Wellesley Hospital with a bleeding ulcer, but the physician did grudgingly allow three visitors: Lerner's wife, his collaborator and Fros-lid. When the lyricist returned twelve days later, Froslid was alongside-car-rying the Thermos bottle full of milk. By the time Froslid had completed his comprehensive interview, Lerner quipped, "Now that you are gone, I'll have to go back to my analyst...
...streets, untouchables must also empty India's privies, carrying away the night soil uncovered in open wheelbarrows or loosely woven baskets or pans borne, coolie-fashion, on the head. Such a practice, said Nehru, is a "disgusting sight. Every sweeper should be given a proper container with a lid...