Word: souped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Duck Soup [1933]. The Marx Brothers, all four of them. Ch. 38, 4:30 p.m., 1 1/2 hours...
Such a housecleaning is long overdue. Beginning with the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) by Congress 87 years ago to bring the freewheeling railroad barons into line, the regulatory agencies have proliferated by the score into today's alphabet soup. In 1920, Congress set up the Federal Power Commission (FPC) to watch over the burgeoning hydroelectric industry; in 1934, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to monitor the new radio industry; in 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to police the airlanes; in 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission...
...Stares. As might be expected, the quality of the art was less an issue than the unique opportunity to show it. Some canvases were quite obviously done by laissez-faire Sunday amateurs, while others displayed a disciplined professionalism. A borsch equivalent of Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup can drew the kind of startled stares that pop art has been receiving in the West for more than a decade. Although organizers had promised that there would be no overtly anti-Soviet or religious art, there was one surrealist still life boldly titled Homage to Pasternak, and another artist...
Police Officers Donald Quinn and Jimmy Schulla from the first precinct, sent to watch the demonstration, said the protest was "duck soup." "The thing has gone beyond the busing issue; the solution is quality education. Why didn't they bus the teachers?" Schulla said...
...other week, meals at Hemispheres are still a good bargain at around $3. Lamb is the basis of many of Fred's dishes, with Lamb Shishkebob being the most popular dish and the house specialty. The vegetarian dish, in which the vegetables taste surprisingly fresh, and the cold cherry soup are two items on the menu that shouldn't be overlooked...