Word: pies
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...profess to know what Dr. Barker might mean by "all the specifications,'' I do know that my teeth seem to be nearly perfect, and are considered quite unusual by my dentist. Contrary to the experience of Miss Price, however, I have always liked candy, ice cream, pie, and fruit, and have consumed plenty in my lifetime! IDA D. RICHARDS...
Connie Mack had risen at his usual hour of 8:30, drunk his usual cup of warm water. His appetite was up to par. For breakfast he had oatmeal, toast and coffee; for lunch, chicken creole, apple pie and iced tea; for the anniversary banquet later on he had the works. He had just been with the Athletics to Chicago, and he expected to go on making all trips with his club. He also expected to keep up with the movies and prize fighting. He did not expect to go to bed before...
...become embedded in a remarkably assimilative mind. The Laski argument is developed in sweeping assertions. The world has suffered a breakdown in values. It is hungering for a new religion. But traditional Christianity will no longer fill the bill, for modern man is not willing to wait for pie in the sky. The new heaven must be an earthly one; the new priests must be secular. For his new religion, Laski turns to Soviet Russia, where men make a fetish of community and a faith of cooperation. Laski substitutes the state for ritual, the shared consumption of goods and services...
Soldiers overseas still dream about home, corner drugstores and blueberry pie, but when they get back, a lot of them may soon find old scenes pretty boring...
Tito offered us hors d'oeuvres with caviar (a gift from the Russian mission), risotto with mushrooms, pumpkin pie, coffee, more Slivovic and Dalmatian red wine...