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...entire situation parallels that of an army cook, most of whose customers liked mustard in their pea soup while a sizeable minority liked it without. There was constant feuding in the troop, because the unimaginative cook had resolved the issue by cooking the soup to suit the majority's wishes. Dissent grew and soldiers tried to change companies, until finally someone suggested that the soup be cooked plain and that little dishes of mustard be placed on the tables so that the men could make their own choice...

Author: By Marc Gerzon, | Title: Living in Harvard Houses | 2/15/1968 | See Source »

MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb. 11--"There is no tougher job in the world than being President of the United States," reads a large, multi-pictured, mustard-colored, campaign brochure "and never has it been tougher than...

Author: By Robert M. Krim, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Johnson Men Seek N.H. Write-In | 2/12/1968 | See Source »

...background, pulsating egg yokes and mustard stains move about in the gloom. Berry jiggles the guitar on his hip and wades into the microphone. An epitaph flashes onto his ancient face, "Pyrex--Made in U.S.A...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Chuck Berry: Old-Time Music Grows Old | 11/14/1967 | See Source »

Offers Refused. The three teen-agers told police that Weinstein had once given them $100 to kill a student, which they refused to do, and four other times begged them to murder students whom he had drugged. Weinstein used chloral hydrate (knockout drops) disguised in mustard and spread on hamburgers to drug his young friends, said the boys. He had also bragged to them of killing a student earlier in the year and burying his body in a cellar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philadelphia: Ye Friendly Tobacconist | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...scene" that shows a model consisting entirely of legs, breasts and lips emerging from an immense, sculptured yellow taxicab. He has spotted yellow as New York's special color. "It is an American yellow," he says, "the color of optimism. It's in the taxis, in the mustard, in the Kodak boxes and Con Edison construction tents, in the sanitation trucks." It is a joyful color, which reminds him of the sun. But he adds, "It is also the color of madness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Plaster Apocalypse | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

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