Word: meals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...state of affairs when a man can't even call his gizzard his own!") Until 11:30, he reads and dictates in his study; then by motor to the Capitol, to sit from 12 to 2; then the luncheon recess and the one real meal of the day (meat, vegetables); sitting again, until 4, and home by motor. This is the hour when children who play in the vicinity of the Connecticut Avenue bridge espy the huge old figure who chuckles with his stomach and is always willing to stop and say hello. Mr. Chief Justice walks and chuckles...
...Davidson Scholar comes from New College, one of the three large colleges of Oxford University, and finds points of difference quite striking. "You are much busier here than the majority of Oxford students appear to be Meals in English colleges are always a social event. Here one dashes into a cafeteria and dashes out again with as little delay as possible; there, even when eating at college, we take a great deal of time. Most entertaining comes at meal time and a lunch invitation may easily last from noon till tea time, while a dinner invitation always takes from...
...criticisms have been directed at the price of food in the past, but when one considers that by taking food regularly at the Union, the weekly price is a little over $10.00 a week and that second helpings may be had without charge on the main course of the meal, the Union's charges can not be called high...
...Sleet: "That girl couldn't cook. She tried to fry a steak one day and used so much grease it was awful. And eat-why she would eat a cube of butter at one meal and drink a quart of milk...
John Magee, Manhattan coal and railroad tycoon, became aware, as he opened his mouth to munch a meal last week that three of his front teeth were missing. Supposing that he had left them somewhere about his house, he conducted a search, but while doing so, he became aware of sharp stomach pain. His suspicions were soon confirmed by an X-ray photograph. He had swallowed his three front teeth. Still calm, John Magee announced with a vacant grin, his intention of going to Newport...