Word: milk
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...twilight walks by the Charles, hand in hand"--did we ever do anything but hold hands? "The Wednesday night dinners"--when I tried to rub knees with you under the table you spilled milk up my sleeve. "The early morning bicycle rides"--what can you do on a bike...
...Those of us who remain in Cuba could not have more wants... Food and clothing are rationed and can only be bought in minimal quantities with the Ration Book. Fresh milk and poultry are only sold to children and aged people, and many days they are not sold. Many people, especially children, walk barefooted on the streets because there are no shoes at shoe stores or because they have torn the only pair they are given for six months. To see someone wearing a coat and tie is a rare thing...
...girls in Cleveland, all but nine arrived with serious dental troubles. Milk was so strange to some that they could not get used to it, insisted on drinking soda pop with their meals, even breakfast. One girl, though, drank three glasses of milk at every meal. Another, who had never tasted broccoli, liked it so much when she tried it that she returned for second and third helpings every time it was on the menu. To still another, mashed potatoes was such a delightful new experience that now she could not get enough of it. Some had never...
...result of major increases in state and local taxes and in the cost of items (such as medical care) that require large amounts of labor. The increases, however, are balanced by quite a few decreases. Though food costs 1% more than it did a year ago, the prices of milk, oranges, sugar and hamburger are all lower. In the past year, the price of housing has risen 1% , public transportation 2.5%, medical care 2.3%, services 4.2%, and clothing nearly 1%; conversely, the consumer is paying 1.3% less than a year ago for appliances, 1% less for new autos...
Into Politics. White neighbors complain that the "nig-nogs, wogs, wallah-wallahs and coolies" use their milk bottles for chamberpots (and then return the empties), spit in the streets, and boost the crime rate. Many local police disagree. In Manchester, says Deputy Chief Constable William J. Richards, coloreds actually commit fewer offenses in proportion to their numbers than whites, though they are more often related to dope and prostitution, and thus more likely to hit headlines. "As a police problem," says Richards, "they are no more noticeable than the Irish were 25 years...