Word: pies
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...early 20th century, he said, “Jewish humor” was considered a separate genre from mainstream comedy. Today, Woody Allen is seen as being as American as apple pie...
...those precautionary measures necessary to protect your identity, or are conspiracy theorists in for a disappointment? Say a package is oozing with strange goo, or is emitting ticking noises. Would it be unceremoniously torn open in a back room only to be revealed as a crushed pie or new watch? University Mail Services, which supervises the mail in several upperclass houses, answers with a resounding no. “If it has a person’s name on it, we wouldn’t open it. I can’t imagine any circumstance in which we would...
...point, a debater made an off-handed reference to a stereotypical family culture of “Mommy makes the pie, and Daddy puts on the pants.” The unlikely wording and hilarious image that this phrase brings to mind elicited laughter from the entire lecture hall...
...hour care of retirement homes. When one elderly spouse outlives the other, America gets another "single-person household." There are now 10.5 million people, over age 65, living alone - one-tenth of all households. Thus, the 55 million married households become a smaller part of the whole pie...
Ironically, the success that American shows are experiencing internationally is an outgrowth of the fierce competition for audiences at home. As networks have competed for a shrinking piece of the viewer pie, executives have pushed writers and producers to think more imaginatively and outside the box. The result is a bumper crop of one-hour dramas, such as Lost and 24. "This is the golden age of American television," says Newman...