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Word: souped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...current slump began in housing and autos, two sectors of the economy peculiarly sensitive to high interest rates. Those two industries are still in the doldrums. In Detroit, Depression-style soup kitchens have reappeared in recent weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for a Real Downer | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

Coconuts--Wednesday at 3 and 7:15 p.m.; with Horsefeathers at 12:30, 4:40 and 8:55 p.m.; and Duck Soup...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: harvard square | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

...lost it all. "In Steinberg's judgement--and he buttresses it with a formidable array of interior evidence from the work--Proust's Madeleine was in reality a matzo ball, and the past unfolded itself to the Master as he sat hunched over a bowl of chicken soup in Flambaum's, the famous kosher restaurant in Paris..." And, almost invariably, the Perelman opening moves are as fine as always. For example, the beginning of "All Precincts Beware--Pater Tigress Loose" is a vintage piece--" Saturnine, Tweedy Gabe Hammerschlag, head of N.Y.P.D.'s Confidence Detail, struck a match on his desk...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Laughing Last but not Loudest | 11/18/1981 | See Source »

...typical menu features artichoke hearts with baby shrimp, stuffed onions and chocolate mousse. For those who are not used to using three goblets, three forks and three spoons. Mitchell can offer practical advice: "Don't worry about waiting." Mitchell tells one dinner companion who hesitates over cream of celery soup as a servant serves the other guests, "Julia Child was here last week and she said it's okay to go ahead...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...sentence or even a meal. One moment he would be sitting at the table, piddling with his mashed potatoes. The next, he would be head down in the slop. Linda Thompson once left Elvis for a moment while he was eating a bowl of chicken and rice soup. When she returned, she discovered him with his face totally submerged in the dish. If she hadn't pulled his head back before it was too late, he would have earned the doubtful distinction of being the first man in history to drown in a soup bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Search of Pelvis Redux | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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