Word: roasting
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...readers of U.S. magazine ads, Great Britain is a land of rare roast beef and rich Stilton cheese, fox hunts and elegant cars, castles and thatched cottages. It is peopled by snobby, sophisticated men who wear tweeds, raincoats and aloof looks. They drink only tea, Scotch, sherry, or gin and tonic. Such is Madison Avenue's image of Great Britain, and to many an Englishman it is "offensive and often unimpressive." So charged the London Economist last week in a critique of U.S. efforts to sell Britain and its wares. "The image that emerges." said the Economist...
...design, but it is British-made and we've been making it for a very long time." When the British Travel Association sets out to extol the virtues of British food, the Economist says, "native critics feel distinctly uneasy," for "where would the tourist find that exquisite rare roast beef?" Ads for clean, spacious British Railways carriages are so far from the grubby reality that they "are guaranteed to make any Englishman blush...
...they seduce many duchesses, boast of eating roast baby, or make royal asses of themselves in 50 fabulous ways...
...Arthur Murray Party for Bob Hope (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). In the manner of a Circus Saints and Sinners meeting, an all-star goon squad gathers to "roast" Hope, celebrating his tenth year...
...salt is out of place. High officials know what it means when a hint is dropped that the prince would like to be invited to lunch. Upon receiving such a hint one day, the governor of Amman hastily rounded up 100 distinguished guests and prepared no fewer than 15 roast lambs, only to have Mohammed drive by at the appointed hour-on his way to a rendezvous with a maiden in the neighborhood...