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Word: plums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russians got a special plum in their slice of the German capital-the world-famous, 139-year-old University of Berlin. Ever since the city was divided among the conquerors, non-Communist students and teachers have been trying to start a new university in the western sectors. Last week they had it. Its name: the Free University of Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Freedom in Berlin | 1/10/1949 | See Source »

...distribution of these meals is an annual service, but this is the first year the families were able to select the kind of food that was delivered. The packages contained the traditional plum pudding and pumpkin pie as the trimmings for the turkey meal in addition to the specific requests of the families George Lee '51 headed the committee, which included David Ashendon and George Chases, both...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH Sends Holidays Meals to Needy; Maintenance Truck Brings Baskets | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

Last of all, thanks to the powers concerned for no seating arrangements in middle and upper group courses. For the first time since its inception, co-education is proving its worth. This is no reason to slight the dark meat, plum pudding, and everything else in a Thanksgiving dinner--that would be foolish indeed. But before all men leave their classes and Gather Together, let there be praise, blessings, and amens for the kind official who permitted the Radcliffe girl to choose a seat and neighbor. This is reason for heartfelt thanksgiving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 and 20 Drumsticks | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...undergraduate dining halls will operate on Sunday hours over the holiday, with the average menn offering soup, roast turkey and cranberry sauce, peas and potatoes, celery and radishes, Parker House rolls, fruit salad, mince or pumpkin pie, and plum pudding. Pictured at right are three cooks of the Kirkland house central kitchen as they clean up several newly-arrived birds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Turkeys Arrive for Thanksgiving Banquets | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

Reason Enthroned. As a good novelist should, Author Millar eavesdropped all the time. In a Riviera restaurant he heard his plum: two lovers arguing about the menu. Said she: "I want framboises á la créme." Protested he (thinking of the bill): "You're joking . . . [But] you know you can have anything you want within reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Keel Over Europe | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

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