Word: shad
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Well, Shad," I said. (His name is Sultan Shad Hirant but I call him Shad for shirt) "What have you got on the ball today? Why so sad? You look as if somebody had stolen your last wife...
...keep up with the times, Shad," I said. "Crystals went out years age. Well, "have another look anyway. Do you think I thought to stay in the radio business after the war? Is radio here to stay...
...said in a hollow voice. "I see you sitting alone at a table at the Walnut Cafe. You are bald but except for that you haven't changed much." (My hair is getting thin, but I try to ignore it. Shad is so blunt.) "Strapped to the top of your bald head, you have a small microwave radio receiving and transmitting set. You radio the waiter for a scotch and soda. At a nearby table there is a terrific blonde. She is wearing a radio set on her head too. It is made, like a smart feminine hat, embroidered with...
...cast his eye back over the bloody year of 1942, recalled baked lobster Savannah, soft-shell crabs, roulade of sand crabs, jugged saddle of hare, monies marinières, rack of lamb, shrimp Creole, Strasbourg foie gras, Dom Perignon champagne, pompano belle meunière, venison steak grand veneur, shad roe bonne femme, terrapin stew, escallopini of veal, oysters Rockefeller, pheasant in casserole and eggs gashouse. . . . Concluded the Lucullan Lucius: "Betcha it won't be like this next year...
...beef at the quantity. Tons of printed matter poured out of the Government press sections. U.S. citizens might not be fully informed of the war situation in the Pacific, but they still got recipes from Department of the Interior's Fish & Wildlife Service for the cooking of planked shad...