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Word: mealing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...writer who dwelt on the reportable facts of the present would be viewed as quaint. The book reviewer, though stuck with palpable volumes of the moment, is happiest when proclaiming how posterity will treat a work. The food critic verily feeds on the unreliable assumption that a future meal, whether in a restaurant or out of a recipe, will be as palatable as the past one. Political writers share such a weakness for looking ahead that they often settle the forthcoming presidential election well before they have understood the last. Moreover, those who are both writers and political creatures often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Remebrance of Things Future | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Seventy-three per cent of respondents said they favored some kind of alternative to the current mandatory 21 meal plan. Only 22 per cent said the present system is satisfactory...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Students Want More Course Offerings | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

Benjamin H. Walcott, assistant director of food services, said Wednesday that alternative meal plans would be financially feasible if at least 50 per cent of undergraduates opt for the 14 meal option...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Students Want More Course Offerings | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

CHUL has tabled meal plan options legislation pending further reports from the food services departments...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Students Want More Course Offerings | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

...Middle East?" reporters wanted to know. "Has branded merchandise Peter Principled?" asked a chain-store magazine. Governments prioritized, runners marathoned, technocrats moduled their problems, diplomats liased with their colleagues, vans slept six. It was that sort of verbiage that once prompted James Thurber to inquire about a restaurant meal, "How many does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The State of the Language, 1978 | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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