Word: meat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Pope lunches. He delights in rice, done Milano style. But he is not an epicure; has never been known to refuse any dish placed before him. A meat, a few vegetables, some fruit...
...they indulged as is their wont, in the discussion of a very serious and vital subject. Mr. Shaw recommended fresh fruits and cereals, which had been demanded by Americans in London, and which contrasted sharply with the traditional British breakfast of bacon and eggs, or some other kind of meat, supported by Mr. Chesterton...
Consequently Messrs, Shaw and Chesterton in arguing about the best breakfast rations displayed the effects of the own very different diets. Mr. Chesterton, being a meat-eater of the first water (if that is possible) contented himself with a rather dogmatic defense, attacking the habits of the Americans of which he probably knows very little--and the undoubted intelligence of Mr. Shaw. The latter vindicated vegetarianism with his usual flashing wit and imagination--and best of all, Americans for once found a satisfactory champion...
From Washington, the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, announced that during December, 1923, more hogs were slaughtered under Federal meat inspection than during any other month in history. Total number of hogs slaughtered...
...President Coolidge made a nice speech and talked more about Magnus Johnson than anything or anyone else. He even told a story that apparently has only just reached Massachusetts, but is old in Alaska and the Philippines, about the rabbit pie. The man admitted that he put some horse meat in the rabbit pie, and said it was 'fifty-fifty'-one rabbit to one horse. The President assured Magnus Johnson that he would have a fifty-fifty chance at Washington, 'even if I have to be the rabbit and you the horse...