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Word: potatoe (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...student flashes the familiar gray card impatiently, as he passes the cash register. The delicate odors of apple pie a la mode, blended with hamburgers and some unknown form of potato, fuse together . . . . Monday, deep-dish apple-pie; Tuesday, apple-pie squares; Wednesday, apple-pie a la mode; Thursday...

Author: By Anne Schneider, | Title: One Man's Meat | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

Something new, everyone take note: potato stuffing coupled with hamburger patties. Potato . . . guaranteed to appear throughout the week . . . mashed, fried, Frenched, hashed, boiled, baked, stuffed. Variety is spice...

Author: By Anne Schneider, | Title: One Man's Meat | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

When asked to comment upon the quality of the food served, the young man, who asked to remain anonymous, replied, "Well, they serve milk all the time." After a moment's thought, he added, "And mostly serve potato chips...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Offspring of 1933, Counselors Begin Reunion Combat | 6/10/1958 | See Source »

House Speaker Sam Rayburn fielded this supposed hot potato with the calm of an old pro outfielder gathering in a lazy fly. Said Mr. Sam, with Ways & Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills at his elbow: "We are in accord with the President's suggestion that there be no decrease in existing taxes this year." Mills promptly got Ike's proposal reported out of his committee intact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Steady as She Goes | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

...switcher," who puts quality butter (60? a lb.) in the oleo box (30? a lb.). Another switcher trick: she partially empties a potato-chip tin, hides meat and other items in the bottom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: The Shoplifters | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

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