Word: peanuts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Reuther and A.F.L. Leader George Meany had been sent out under the franks of Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee. But when the high-parity bill reached the House floor last week, the farm-labor merger very nearly fell apart. And it was all because of the lowly peanut...
Various theories may explain the squirrel's mysterious death. A possible underlying cause was the severe winter which limited the peanut-throwing tourist trade. A variation of the nut theory insists that freshmen were feeding salted peanuts to number four, who then became overweight and fell victim to heart disease...
...native trader was running a backroom brothel in his shop: behind a curtain, "there was laughter and low moaning and exclamations of surprise and delight." As it turned out. the trader was simply charging admission for a look at U.S. magazines. The Atlantic Monthly "is not worth even one peanut with a worm inside." The New Yorker and Esquire were in some demand. "Sometimes a copy of TIME was acceptable and sometimes it was not. The one sure way to open the cornucopia of the back room was to produce an issue of LIFE.'' Explained the trader...
...Mouse, made up of excerpts from Mickey's first film, the 1927 Plane Crazy, through The Lonesome Ghosts to the magical antics of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Not the least remarkable feature of this fine new show was the fact that even the commercials for Peter Pan peanut butter were, by virtue of being Disney-made, nearly as inventive and wonderful as the show itself. Disneyland is certain to be a winner...
...supposed to cover the game, but from the first pitch I didn't see much of it. There were three boys down the row who kept buying peanuts, and someone had to pass the bags down the aisle, collect the money and pass it onto the peanut...