Word: platee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ruin her navy blue straw with velvet ribbons and the grey silk print she had bought in Paris. Then, too, there was the devastating possibility that a member of the Royal Family might speak to her. "I just hope to goodness," said Tish, "that I haven't a plate of food in my hand if I have to curtsy...
Even the food (provided by London's Childs-like Lyons restaurants) was a surprise. "Somebody passed me a plate," said pretty, petite Denise afterward, "with the words, 'You can eat this, my dear, it's real cake.' " A U.S. newsman who tasted King George's tea, however, "was compelled to report regretfully that...
Talent on the Table. Daniel never did very well at school; for a while his family wondered what would become of him. Then one day when he was about 17, Daniel put beside his father's plate a turnip whittled to resemble a frog, in tail coat and trousers. "This," the judge exclaimed, "really looks like talent...
Same night, same city, New York County Republicans dined more austerely at the Waldorf-Astoria. For $50 a plate, 1,200 diners got stuffed tomato, sirloin of beef, nuts and coffee, and a speech by Governor Thomas E. Dewey...
Scarcity in a Show Place. Like most Americans in Moscow, the Atkinsons lived in the large, gloomy maze called the Metropole Hotel. Their one small room was kitchen, dining room, bedroom, study and part-time office. Meals were prepared on a one-plate electric stove and Mrs. Atkinson remembers in detail her daily forays for food in Moscow's rigidly controlled and scantily stocked stores and markets. Non-rationed food was available in a few restaurants-at $70 for a dinner for two. The vast majority of Russians in Moscow, the Soviet showpiece so far as creature comforts...