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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...
Brezhnev met the problem head on. In an extraordinary gesture, he invited 25 leading Senators and Representatives to a luncheon at Blair House, his guest quarters in Washington. The meal was prepared by a Soviet chef, and over caviar, roast beef and five varieties of Russian wines and liqueurs, he tried to convince American Congressmen that nearly every Jew who had applied had been allowed to leave. Although Soviet emigration policy has eased markedly under pressure from the U.S., some of the Congressmen feared that the liberalization might end if M.F.N. were granted. Asked about this, Brezhnev declared: "We came...
...fancier and more expensive sandwiches and a much larger menu to choose from, try the Midget Delicatessen (1712 Mass Ave., near the Radcliffe dormitories). Roy Rogers (1613 Mass Ave.) is not worth much more than avoidance unless you have a penchant for pre-processes roast beef and the atmosphere of a bogus MacDonald...
...Aubrun next to Tommy's) cater to the more exotic palates. The Persian serves its sandwiches in hot Syrian bread, and the contents--mostly sliced and shredded cold cuts--are flavored with tahini sauce, filling for less than a dollar. Hemispheres serves a nice eggplant dip, the best roast beef in town and a baklava that has a foothold on that distinction...