Word: mealing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Most of their entertaining is casual, such as weekend barbecues-over mesquite wood from Texas. Walker has another specialty: fried catfish. Says he: "You get some Yankees out and don't tell them what it is, and they like it"-just a little window dressing to make the meal more palatable for everyone...
...that immediately sets them apart on an avenue or in a living room. Their businesses, from boutiques to watering places, are conducted with Continental cachet. While the new Americans often get together for social occasions that may include an afternoon of soccer, an evening of disco dancing or a meal at one of their favored restaurants (La Boite in Manhattan, for example, or Wong Kai in Miami or Ma Maison in Los Angeles), they tend to assimilate easily into American life. Indeed, many Europeans enjoy the openness of their new neighbors, after the clannishness that marks the social life...
...third triumph is Robert Moberly's ludicrous yet piteous Sir Andrew, whose cough cannot conceal a basically pasty-faced visage. For him plant stalks are a snare, his nose a source of itching, he skin a meal for flies and mosquitoes. Moberly is amazingly inventive; he runs the risk of submerging Anddrew in a dictionary of shtick, but succeeds in making it all work. I do not recall ever seeing any of Shakespeare's peripheral comics played more engagingly...
Akuffo's first move last week was to free a prominent dozen of the prisoners. Observers applauded, but waited to see how the new leader would handle the problem that has now toppled three governments: galloping inflation, which runs over 100% a year and puts a basic meal of yam and milk beyond a laborer's average daily wage-about...
...Spain, Portugal and Greece, the dollar is actually worth more than it was last year. Though prices have risen in these countries, they are still relatively inexpensive. For example, a comfortable double room with private bath and breakfast at a three-star Spanish hotel costs $15.50 a night; a meal at a good average restaurant costs $8 a person, with wine...