Word: meal
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...them on leave to meet their wives or sweethearts in the provincial cities.) Food, of course, is scarce-not so scarce as to be unhealthy or even a serious problem for ordinary people, but scarce enough so one can never forget the subject (a sliver of butter with each meal; perhaps no butter at all would be easier to bear). As for clothes, English women have never been famous for their chic and now they seem to have abandoned the attempt. Cigarets are really scarce. Movies come at inconvenient times...
...under his skin. Once this compulsory athletic program begins I won't even be able to stand up, much less walk around, he thought as he collapsed into an armchair. Stretching out a languid hand for a quick-energy chocolate bar, he reflected on the meagreness of the evening meal. A man needed more than that under his belt after four weary hours in Harry's Club. He'd really learned to know the place in the last two months...
...present, the number of Freshmen who may be accommodated in each House at each meal will be limited to 10. No Freshman will be admitted to a House dining hall without a transfer charge slip which may be obtained in advance at the Union within the following hours daily: 8:45-9:30 o'clock; 1:30-2 o'clock; 5:15-5:30 o'clock 7-7:30 o'clock...
Breakfast, for those of the Bellboy population who took it, was a somewhat nightmarish meal yesterday morning, when the total outlay of 650 spoons was found missing from the tables. Some men stirred with knives, ("While there's knife, there's hope," said the Boston Traveler), some stirred with fountain pens, some didn't stir...
Effective starting today, the management of the Dining Halls has decided to allow two beverages at each meal without extra charge. It will also permit the substitution of ice cream or a fruit, as before, for the dessert on the menu, also without charge...