Word: sandwiched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...describes in detail the events leading up to his heart attack in Denver in September 1955. "My choice for luncheon was probably not too wise. It consisted of a huge hamburger sandwich generously garnished with slices of Bermuda onion and accompanied by a pot of coffee." Planning to retire right after dinner, he refused a predinner drink. "At least one doctor of repute later told me that if I had then taken the proffered drink, I might not have experienced the heart attack. He believes that older persons-sixty and above-should take one drink, no more, each evening, because...
...food faddist who hates to mix up her victuals. To make a snack, she lines up four plates on the table, puts bread on one, lettuce on another, tuna on a third, mayonnaise on the fourth. Then she starts nibbling from each plate in sequence. "It's a sandwich," she explains, "only the food isn't touching...
...help out, the National Council of Churches volunteered to make up 80,000 box lunches (a cheese sandwich, an apple, a slice of pound cake) at a cut-rate 50? price for marchers...
...Whitney arrived at the track straight from a nightclub, wearing a ball gown and leading a small pack of dogs. Or the time Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt sent so sorry a horse to the post that he sympathetically gave the jockey-instead of riding orders-a sandwich, a bottle of milk and a wrist compass...
...Bermuda he shuns taxicabs and put-puts around on rented motor scooters. In the Virgin Islands he ducks the fancy restaurants and lunches on a sandwich at the beach. In Puerto Rico he chooses a poolside beer over a banana daiquiri. His credentials: an economy-flight air ticket and a fistful of travel-agency coupons. This is the summer tourist. And thrifty though he may be, he is creating a bustling new industry from Bermuda and the Caribbean west to Mexico-a sun belt better known for its winter lures than its summer tours. Says a busy Nassau hotel manager...