Word: souped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paper and lowered it to helpers waiting 600 ft. below. "What's lacking is champagne. We're thirsty." On the sixth day, a howling blizzard raked the north wall. The temperature plunged to 40° below. In the base camp, thermos jugs were hastily filled with hot soup and coffee. The climbers hauled them up, reported that the soup and coffee were "solidly frozen in the thermos" by the time they arrived. The blizzard lasted for 40 hours. When the skies finally cleared, onlookers below anxiously scanned the wall with telescopes, and light planes swarmed back and forth...
Green Turtle Soup Amontillado-Cheese Sticks...
Into the Side Room. Such enticements drew some 600 people to the International Inn's chandeliered Federal Room. To make things merrier, there were baskets filled with miniature Scotch and bourbon bottles on each table; there was sherry in and with the soup, a '59 Pouilly-Fuisse with the fish, champagne with the dessert (which was soaked in Cherry Heering). and cognac with the coffee. The guests included not only the Washington regulars-like Mike Mansfield and Hubert Humphrey-but a large assortment of out-of-towners. Among those present was the New York Yankees' outfielder Mickey...
...said that the Viet Cong moved freely over the countryside and that in the villages peasants freely offered rebels food and shelter. The typical menu for both prisoner and captors was rice, salt and fish oil. Rats were an occasional delicacy that brightened the diet-served both as rat soup and barbecued rodent. Though game was plentiful, the Reds never hunted. "They were afraid to use up ammunition hunting deer," said Matagulay...
After a most cursory examination of the water outlets in the soup kitchen he was able to tell us what was wrong. "Simple clogging," he explained. "When too much grease and scum collect in the pipes not enough water flows through--happens periodically." Then, turning to the cooking staff he made a quick executive decision: "Well, girls, there'll be no soup tonight. Suppose you take shifts on filming and spotting this afternoon." We asked what filming and spotting was, but Mr. Whiteside suggested that we leave that until later, going first to the dehydration rooms. "Better take off your...