Word: spoon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thomas Monetti, Waldorf-Astoria catering executive: "People eat more mousse in crisis situations. Maybe it's easier to spoon up than pie or cake...
...early scene Justin, who was supposed to be rebelling against Hoffman, showed his defiance by eating a bowl of ice cream after he had been told not to. But Justin, suddenly the improvisational actor, turned the battle into a ferocious clash of wills by taunting Hoffman with an upraised spoon. "It shocked me when he fought back," says Hoffman...
Picture the rubble of post-war Germany, where gutted buildings abound, sad-eyed people claw for packs of cigarrettes, and gaunt Red Cross workers spoon out soup to the destitute. Germany survived the war, but can it now survive the peace...
...European culture. Americans are notorious in Europe for having no sense of history. This means that they do not grow up, as an Italian does, bombarded with dates and monuments and biographies. Every Italian town is a patchwork of architectural styles that children learn to identify. They are spoon-fea Church history, the history of the communist party, the history of the resistance, they memorize long lists of names and dates, and finally in high school they study both Italian and European history with great thoroughness. As a result the interaction between a society and its culture is something that...
...Jordan: "Born with a silver spoon in his nose...