Word: pint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just then a man to the left of us called over another saleslady. "Got anything bigger?" he shouted, brandishing a one-ounce bottle of Chanel No. 5. "Don't want her to think I'm cheap. Does this come in pint sizes...
...saleslady disappeared behind a curtain at one end of the room and produced a pint of Chanel No.5. The man sniffed approvingly and ordered two of them packaged in green and red boxes "to make it seem more like Christmas...
...what appeared to be an organized campaign of vandalism, a campaign booth was mysteriously dismantled, several posters were stolen, and "Contributions solicited here $25 a pint," was scribbled under a campaign slogan...
Consuming Ambition. In Boston, Dancer Carolina Hall, 22, 140 lbs., sat down to a $12 restaurant breakfast of 1) 20 rolls, 2) 24 pats of butter, 3) one pint of cider, 4) a triple chef's salad, 5)3 four-egg cheese omelette, 6) a double order of French fries, 7) four pieces of toast, 8) a double portion of strawberry shortcake, 9) one slice of chocolate layer cake, 10) one piece of cheesecake, 11) one pear tart, 12) one cheese sandwich, 13) one egg salad sandwich, 14) two portions of mocha nut cake, 15) a dessert of cottage...
...research for each story, conversation imperceptibly tends toward discussion of high issues. By Saturday lunch, everybody is busy writing the stories; conversation then tends to be scattered with suggestions for pithy statements. By Sunday lunch, the conversation centers round the impossibility of fitting several gallons of material into a pint pot. By Monday the atmosphere is much more cheerful. On Thursday everyone is saying that last week's magazine was an exceptionally good one after all-especially in other people's sections...