Word: nice
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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During the week, the President visited the convention of the National Association of Retail Grocers. His eye was caught by some shining machines in which hams, chickens and pork chops slowly turning on spits over a fire were being done to a nice, hickory-scented brown. "Brother, I'm just crazy about barbecues. I love 'em," beamed Ike. Manager R. C. Wilson of the D. & W. Manufacturing Co. immediately offered to send Amateur Chef Eisenhower a "Barbecue King" model (capacity of its four electrically powered racks: 20 chickens, 40 to 50 Ibs. of spareribs, eight 14-lb. hams...
Wouldn't it be nice if we unfortunate proletarians could take advantage of a tax bonanza such as is enjoyed by millionaire oilmen, i.e., a "depletion allowance which permits them to pocket 27½% of their gross income (up to 50% of their net) before paying a cent of taxes," so that we could live comfortably and, still have something left. But, alas! Someone has to pay those taxes...
...according to McNair Ilgenfritz' will, the offer will go, successively, to London's Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells, the Paris Opéra, the Paris Opéra-Comique, and the opera houses of Monte Carlo, Nice and Brussels. If, after 21 years, none accepts the bequest, the money will go to a memorial foundation to build a concert hall in Newport, R.I., where Ilgenfritz used to spend his summers...
...cooking program (he is a devoted amateur cook and often used to whip up a few cakes for his friends). But his piano and patter act was an instant TV hit. His first sponsor : the Citizens National Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles. Explains an admirer: "Banks are always nice to old ladies. So is Liberace...
...popularity continues to grow. This year he expects to gross almost $1,000,000. He now lives in a $75,000 San Fernando Valley house with a piano-shaped swimming pool. Men who work with him find, somewhat to their surprise, that they like him as a nice, friendly, unassuming fellow. From the women, there is scarcely any dissent. After his triumphal show at Madison Square Garden last week, the fans stormed his dressing room. He stayed till 2 a.m., signing autographs...