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Word: roasters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...yearned for action, detested orthodox stability, made the discovery that aristocrats and Jews were prime enemies of the people. "How I long for the Great War!'' he wrote in 1889. "It will sweep Europe like a broom, it will make Kings jump like coffee beans on the roaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great French Englishman | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

First Love. In Milwaukee, Stanley R. Johnson, 22, was arrested after he called at his girl's home, found no one in, decided to forget about his date, made off with the family TV set, electric roaster, clothing, jewelry and $30 cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 22, 1955 | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

...coffee drinkers got a welcome treat last week. After Brazil cut the minimum export price to 53.8? a lb. (v. 87? last June), prices tumbled to the lowest levels in more than a year. General Foods Corp., biggest U.S. roaster, clipped 5? off the price of Maxwell House, pushed the wholesale price down to 97?. A. & P. Co. slashed its Eight O'Clock coffee from 89? to 79? a lb. Standard Brands cut 10? a lb. off Chase & Sanborn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMODITIES: Coffee Break | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Continuing his researches in Britain, he modernized the smoky English fireplace, improved English kitchens with the Rumford Roaster and the Rumford Stove. He was rich enough by then to donate ?1,000 to the Royal Society for Rumford medals, to be given to those persons who made the most important studies of heat or light (the first medal went to Count Rumford). Hoping one day to return to America, he gave another ?1,000 to the American Academy for the same purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Insufferable Genius | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

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