Word: milke
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...summoned his Cabinet for an emergency session on the economy. The meeting did not break up until 6:30 the following morning. The result: a 23% devaluation of the shekel and a sharp cut in food subsidies, meaning an average price increase of 50% on basic items like bread, milk and meat. Israelis rushed to stores and supermarkets to stock up before the prices took effect, and long lines formed at service stations in anticipation of a 23% hike in gasoline prices...
...produces from itself." Freud's claim that the ancient Greeks had sensed what he had systematized is borne out by eerie resonances. In Aeschylus' drama, Orestes describes a snake "as though human ... its gaping mouth clutching the breast that once fed me ... it then mingled the sweet milk with curds of blood." John Ruskin has a serpent nightmare: "It rose up like a Cobra-with horrible round eyes and had woman's, or at least Medusa's, breasts. [It] fastened on my neck." The origins of tabloid astrology can be traced to the predictions of Astrampsychus...
...first for whatever minimal, unpredictable rations of meat and chicken may be available that day. Even the early risers are frequently disappointed. At a typical scramble, housewives confront a butcher who tells them that the meat locker is empty and he has "no idea" when more supplies will arrive. Milk and fish are scarce, fresh eggs are the rarest of treats, and produce counters display only limp, miserable specimens of vegetables and fruit...
...thought it was great There's something to be said about a sandwich, a large glass of milk, and a polished apple that puts me in the right mood to study," said Douglas A. Grant...
...mention an alley cat being fed with milk by President Hoover from the White House. Is this at the expense of the American people or does the President furnish his own milk? W. W. J. JONES Batesville...