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...proved convincing, not tenuous: the Crimson prevailed in all but one of the 11 events. The squad's domination of the Greater Boston meet was mere icing on a surprisingly scrumptious cake...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Happy Days Here Again? | 2/15/1980 | See Source »

That's what master chef John Higginson did to his lightweight crew squad, and the result--a nine second basting of Navy in the Haines Cup--was just what the Crimson faithful ordered for a scrumptious Saturday morning along the banks of the Charles...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Crews Leave Opponents in Their Wake | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...those rare, pleasant dinners of scrumptious sirloin steak, said Walcott, "we obviously cannot pay $3 a pound [for steak] and run it on the menu...

Author: By Richard J. Meislin, | Title: Raisins Cut From Menu As Food Costs Soar | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

Into his life wheels an automobile that the family dubs Chitty Chitty Bang Bang because of the way it chug-chugs and a beautiful lady named Truly Scrumptious because of the way she mug-mugs. Cute romance is in the air, cute songs flood the sound track, and the children, pining for Truly (Sally Ann Howes), utter the unkindest cute of all: "If he kisses her, then they'll hafta get married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Chug-Chug, Mug-Mug | 12/27/1968 | See Source »

...high comedy in period style, but the flashbacks that follow bring Lady L to a spotty end. Her confession story, plucked from Romain Gary's novel by protean Writer-Director Peter Ustinov (who also spills out of a minor role as an addled Bavarian prince), describes how a scrumptious Parisian laundress rises to greatness as the wife of David Niven, one of England's most debonair lords. En route to her destiny. Sophia is delayed briefly in a bordello, which has chambers designed for train buffs or Arabian Knights. There she meets Paul Newman, who performs behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Upward Nobility | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

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