Word: roasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard Varsity Club opened its doors to a women's team for the first time yesterday to regale the Radcliffe Field Hockey varsity with roast beef at their pre-opener lunch...
Hatfield had never even phoned Agnew before, and had to inquire to get the Vice President's number. But Agnew, when he came on the line, jumped at the chance, canceling a date and arriving at Hatfield's office a full 15 minutes early. Munching halves of hot pastrami, roast beef and chicken salad sandwiches, Agnew listened politely as the ten Senators talked about their favorite bills. By custom, each man had two minutes, as measured by an hourglass. Then Hatfield gave the Vice President the floor...
...claimed was present during the transaction. "Such a thing is ridiculous," Jones said.) Prosecutors said that many payoffs delivered to Agnew were disguised as campaign contributions and were used to finance his political races over the years. One of the traditional devices was to sell tickets to a "bull roast" or some similar political festivity, since tickets costing less than $51 need not be reported. Green, Matz and Wolff have all been contributors to Agnew campaigns at one time or another, and Agnew has freely admitted that contractors are among those who have furthered his political fortunes...
First the price for fixing up San Clemente was announced as $39,525. Then, as with some giant roast beef, the figure kept rising. By June, the Administration said that $703,367 in public funds had been spent to equip the Western White House-plus another $1,180,522 for the President's home in Key Biscayne, Fla. Last week it made a new public accounting and set the total at nearly $10 million...
...World War II-but without the patriotic fervor. Black markets developed as some packers sold sides of beef for whatever price they could get; the usual subterfuge was to sell lower-grade cuts at high-grade prices. Supermarkets adopted a form of rationing, occasionally limiting shoppers to a roast or two each. All across the country, shoppers discovered empty or nearly empty meat trays; in Cleveland, a fight broke out between two women over the last roast in the store. Sales of home freezers heated up to records as many shoppers hoarded, risking disaster if the electricity went...