Word: plum
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book, compiled by the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service and formally entitled "Policy and Supporting Position," lists about 2500 government jobs that do not come under Civil Service, and are filled by presidential appointment. Known in Washington as "The Plum Book," it was an instant best seller...
...crispness of tone is swallowed by the sugar plum violin in the background. And though Eagle member Don Henley and J.D. Souther harmonize pleasantly with Browne, they cannot salvage the hackneyed words...
...others. The oldest continuously published daily in the U.S., the Post (circ. 500,000) has been the only afternoon paper in the nation's largest city since 1967-but Dolly Schiff had failed to make the most of it, editorially or financially. Last week Murdoch plucked the unripened plum. He waltzed Dolly into an agreement in principle to sell him the Post for a sum neither would disclose but which industry insiders estimated to be about $30 million...
LeRoy is best known for the improbably named Maxwell's Plum, an art nouveau extravaganza on Manhattan's East Side that has been S.R.O. since its opening in April 1965. Characteristically, he calls it "the longest-running show in town"-it caters to as many as 1,500 people a day. Plum is at once a singles nirvana and an excellent restaurant, though it is so constructed that the noise from the bar constantly blasts into the dining area-making it a good place to take guests to whom one has nothing to say. Last month Warner extended...
Although it did cause substantially higher tides threatening northern coast towns, and causing evacuations from Provincetown to Plum Island, Belle's punch seemed to be losing instead of gaining steam...