Word: loafing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first week," she says, "you call home and say you ve got to work late but the meat-loaf is ready to go so why doesn't he just put it in the oven? Next week you call home and tell him you've left all the ingredients out on the counter and suggest he stir them together and put the loaf in the oven. The third week you call and say that everything is in the refrigerator and he knows how to put it together from last week. The fourth week...
...flock of advertisers fleeing the home screen. The FTC has also called for companies using promotions that it deems deceptive to run "corrective" ads admitting the error. One such commercial is being broadcast for Profile Bread, which was touted by the Ted Bates Agency as a diet loaf, though its only contribution to weight reduction was thinner-than-usual slices. In the corrective ad, Actress Julia Meade flatly admits: "But eating Profile will not cause you to lose weight...
...strong woman, but her emotional and intellectual resources are strained. She doesn't want to remarry (her previous marriage was, we take it, based solely on material agreements); she does want to keep her hand in the pool, hoping for a man who can give her the "whole loaf". She only gets half; she, too, falls in love with Elkin...
...used to put away more than Dean Martin spills." ··· It was not radical chic but radical chuck in San Francisco when partisans of the newborn United Prisoners Union (national membership about 400) turned out to publicize their cause with a brunch of prison food. The "isolation loaf," made from a Department of Corrections recipe for prisoners in solitary, was pronounced revolting by the "name" guests. "A cross between cat food and dog food," said Writer Jessica Mitford. But some of the freeloaders seemed to think it wasn't bad. One fellow who went back for seconds...
...Grass. Conveniences like these, however, are regarded by many inmates as a fair exchange for the shortage of real flora and fauna. "I like being able to run over and pick up a loaf of bread," says Mrs. Marcia Reese, waiting in the laundromat for a load of nappies to dry. "We enjoyed the quiet last week in the woods, but until my kids are out of diapers, this is more fun." For older kids, Campland is a mixed bag. Young Jeff Andreoli complains that he cannot play baseball or football: "There's no grass here." Karen Folts...