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Gertrude's childhood, while not precisely happy or secure, was not unusual. The Steins took their children abroad for four years, where governesses and tutors worked to give them a European education. Miss Stein remembered having French bread with mutton soup for breakfast and always maintained that Paris got into her blood during that period...
...chief virtues about the House dining halls has been the abundance of catsup to cover bare mutton or veal. The Central Kitchen creation seldom are inspiring and meat in its naked glory can be very discouraging. But catsup is now regrettably rationed and cranberry sauce is as rare these days as caviar. The rather gelatinous stuffing which dresses up pork as well as fowl provides no real substitute for the jelly on chicken or turkey...
...demand for full convertibility of the pound, it did promise to wipe out restrictions on dollar-area newsprint, salmon, farm machinery. Canada in turn refused New Zealand's plea to cut down trade-inhibiting farm subsidies, but agreed to keep down tariff barriers against lamb and mutton, automobiles and aircraft. For the Commonwealth's smaller, less developed partners, Canada led a big power move to increase development aid, pour more money into the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Colombo Plan to speed progress in Asia and Africa...
...forces and a unified diplomatic service (though Iraq and Jordan will keep their separate seats in the United Nations). There will be the right of free movement between the two countries for all citizens (including Jordan's jobless Palestinian refugees). Iraq, which has already begun supplying oil and mutton...
...Black World and Modern Civilization." The conference was a success; some 150 students from 18 European, Asian and African countries attended the lectures and discussions, and as many as 1,000 spectators crowded into the priory on weekends. A visiting Catholic bishop sat on the floor and ate mutton from a common bowl with the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Moslem scholar, listened with a Jewish dignitary while tribesmen beat out Arab rhythms on goatskin tam-tams. "We saw that people living together for three weeks were quickly becoming friends," said Father Martin. "We learned how freely...