Word: sandwiched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cautiously. "This money isn't, ah, tainted, is it?" When the American assures him it is not, the officer of the Curacao branch of the French-owned Credit Lyonnais Nederland smiles and orders another tonic water. In that case, says the banker, he can arrange a so-called Dutch sandwich...
...Dinner. I have a salad without dressing. And a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich. And an ice cream cone. I am still hungry when I go back to my room...
Wattleton can be imperious. She travels first-class while her aides ride coach. Recently in Chicago, she retired to a hotel suite for a solitary lunch. As she bit into her sandwich, she asked an aide to get her a Coke. The young woman returned with a can of Pepsi. "Is this all right?" she asked. "No," Wattleton replied. "I said Coke, not Pepsi. There is a difference...
...lunch-hour conference. On the sidelines, some medical professionals defended the use of condoms; others accused the church of homophobia. John White, a priest who contracted the virus while in Kenya and now runs an AIDS treatment center in London, was ejected from one conference session for wearing a sandwich board that read THE CHURCH HAS AIDS. Declared one participant from the U.S.: "This is the worst conference I've ever attended...
...Democrats. It reflects their professed support for the common people against the greedy. Former president John F. Kennedy '40 used the issue to his advantage. So did former president Jimmy Carter, who campaigned against the injustice of bankers deducting expensive lunches when a "truck driver cannot deduct his $1.50 sandwich...