Word: pork
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...short streets still show the mildly abraded middle-class homes of the past 90 years. The one long block of South Hudson Street still shows black hovels in what seems permanently frozen collapse. No sign of pork-barrel public works or decor (beyond merciful provision for human excretion), no Carter statues yet, no rumors of veiled Saudi peanut takeovers. And any conversation with a longtime resident is likely to reveal that, under some genuine annoyance with the present, the spiritual structures of the past are standing, for better or worse, and straining to survive till Jimmy is a private citizen...
...room mansion named Casa Encantata in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles, where 19 servants filled his every need, including buying his clothes. Yet Hilton retained an almost childlike wonder at the world around him. He also had some simple tastes, preferring corned beef hash or pork chops to any of the fancified dishes served in his hotels...
...very feminine looking" and filled with "things I can use on the road." Most jovially received present: a pound of bacon, presented by reporters to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance before they all landed at Andrews Air Force Base last week. Said the correspondent chosen to hand over the pork, forbidden to both Jews and Muslims: "This gift contains no salt and has been rejected by both parties in the Middle East...
...room darkened as the TV lights were switched off. People turned to chatting and eating. There were plates of hors d'oeuvres--mostly pork and shrimp--and drinks. Overhead were four painted lantern-covered light fixtures. On one wall was a mural of ethnic Chinese in native costume. Chairman Mao stood in the middle, fleshy and pink-faced in a gray collarless suit. Significantly, he towered over everyone else in the mural...
...almost immediately won national acclaim. In his Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook (Harmony Books; 145 pages; $10), Chung relates charming anecdotes from his native Li-ling county and introduces many worthy dishes, notably hot and sour chicken, fried asparagus in hot black bean sauce and, for breakfast, steamed thin-sliced pork with fermented black beans. Ni hao, Mr. Chung...