Word: milkings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Long before Pete finished counting his bruises, Deacon Jack Hurley, the irascible Seattle promoter who perpetrated the farce, sorrowfully counted the house. He had hoped for a $400,000 gate; there was only $243,000 in the till. With the skill of a veteran pitchman preparing to milk the marks once more, Hurley started the spiel for a new fight. "This guy may not have the staying power of a pro yet. But he's as confident as Einstein doing long division. He can draw a crowd better than anybody but the champion...
...Harlem's harsh outlines occasionally soften for the reminiscent tournament traveler. "I remember you could get fish and chips for 15? and soda at 5? a quart. And there were sweet potatoes-we called 'em 'mickeys'-that we cooked at a fire over milk crates. We'd climb over the fence to a playground and we'd swing way up, two on a swing. And we'd sneak in the movies. If there was any poverty, I wasn't aware of it. How could you think of it when you could...
...School lunch and milk programs, to which the U.S. contributes 5½? to the price of each lunch for a total cost of $160 million a year. The Federal Government would continue to supply surplus foods...
...Reducing pills sold without prescription are not only useless and possibly dangerous but exorbitantly priced," Nutritionist S. William Kalb of Newark told a congressional committee investigating advertising for "dietless" reducing treatments. Dr. Kalb passed out samples of a brand made of skim milk and lemon juice, estimated that the manufacturers made "about a 400,000% profit" on the pills. Added Dr. Kalb relentlessly: Diet is the only way to reduce...
...Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911, and announced in a firm voice: "I'm going to be Premier of Canada." His mother smiled; John's studies went ahead as though high office were indeed the aim. He never even learned to milk...