Word: plumpness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHAT impressed us most about the food at Frank's was the size. Of course, the dogs are plump, and they appear mountainous when slathered with the aforementioned condiments. But the "handful of fries" that accompanies each wiener is more like a plateful. If you order them a la carte, the "small" fries are enough for a meal, and the large fries, according to the counter help, are the equivalent of eight potatoes. We hate to think how many cattle gave their lives for Frank's franks. Even the drinks are huge; a "large" is about a liter...
...Sultan's Pool. They would sample the rich history of Jerusalem, the flashing, clear waters of Eilat, the archaeological drama of Masada. Bracing for a flood of guests, Hyatt International unveiled a $60 million, 500-room hotel in Jerusalem. Airlines scheduled extra flights, and car-rental agencies planned to plump up their fleets. Israeli tourist officials, anticipating 1.5 million visitors and record revenues of more than $2 billion, launched an ad campaign saying "You've thought about it long enough . . . Come visit us in Israel...
...hotel ballroom near Chicago's O'Hare Airport is crammed with rows of banquet tables covered with paper chessboards. In silent confrontation, 700 miniature armies face one another across half as many checkered playing fields. The National Open, a major annual chess tournament, is about to begin. A short, plump man dressed completely in black calls the contestants to order. "If you lose a game," he wryly suggests, "congratulate your opponent. Do not disturb the tournament by exploding, screaming or weeping loudly." On hearing this, Hans Berliner breaks into a grin. A former world chess-by-mail champion, Berliner will...
Today is a quiet Saturday morning at Big Cypress. There are fewer than 1,000 players seated at the long card tables lined up diagonally across the concrete floor. A plump Indian woman in native dress moves up and down the aisles selling bingo cards. The players have set up their cartons of cigarettes alongside their Bic lighters, their coffee thermoses, their good-luck coffee mugs, their plastic cups of French fries, and their little signs that indicate what bus group they are with. They are mostly silent, hunched over their sheets of cards. Occasionally a cheer will...
...their mother, then turned their weapons on themselves. A total of nine people died, including the flight attendant, three passengers, Ninel and her four eldest sons, ranging in age from 25 to 17. At least 20 others were hospitalized. Ninel, described by the Soviet news agency TASS as a "plump, fashionably dressed woman of over 50," apparently gave the orders throughout the incident...