Word: omeleteer
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...deliberate in manner, though quick in judgment. There is little fat on his chunky (5 ft. 10 in., 200 Ibs.) frame. He has what New Englanders call a "down-East memory," and uses phonetic spelling, e.g., his lunch chit at Ottawa's Rideau Club once read: "plane omelet and rasin pie." He is an optimist, especially about Canada. Of his first view of Canada in 1908, he says: "I knew right away that I wanted to be a Canadian. I liked the people, the atmosphere, the possibilities of a thinly settled country...
...sense something profound in the Schuman Plan and have frequently been ahead of their governments in supporting it. In May 1950, their hearts were kindled when France's Robert Schuman, proposing the plan, pointed out that Germany and France, once their basic industries had been scrambled into an omelet, would "no longer be tempted to wage war; indeed, war between them will be impracticable...
Last week, an unexpected champion arose for the millions who cannot tell Chicken Marengo* from Escalope de Foie Gras Talleyrand† from Surprise Omelet Milord- from apple pie a la mode.†† The champion was a writer for Budapest's Communist daily Vilagossag, who (he related in his column) recently walked into a "people's restaurant" and promptly had his appetite ruined by an item on the menu called Tournedos a, la Metternich.*Nor was this all. Austria's great conservative statesman, "this symbol of European reaction," was joined on the menu by a symbol...
...audience, Godfrey is a mile-high stack of blue chips to CBS, to his sponsors and to their advertising agencies. Though admen may wince at a typical Godfrey commercial (plugging a shampoo made of eggs and milk, he cracked: "And if your hair is clean, it makes a fine omelet"), they admit he makes products move...
...many fat women, she has shapely ankles. Ana lives well and loves good food-although she scorns the luxury of most Rumanian Communists. Sometimes after a late meeting the comrades drop around to her house, and she thuds about the kitchen, throwing together a snack; she makes a wonderful omelet...