Word: spoonful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cottage in Surrey (for Ethel) and growing celebrity as a writer of comic short stories. But nobody ever takes a comic writer seriously, and, Saki complained, "a humorist is almost invariably expected to be funny for life." As World War I approached, he grew discontented with the coffee-spoon London world that had provided him with targets for satiric comedy, as well as with himself for belonging...
...ropers can buy lariats twisted especially for southpaws. The Rock Hound Shop offers fossils and crystals. Campers buy heavy iron skillets, lightweight canteens and water-purifying tablets; ranchers buy lousefly killer, sheep-branding liquid and cow vaccine. God knows who buys hundreds upon hundreds of Wall Drug gimcracks, from spoon holders to ashtrays. "People want a little something they can take back to Grandma," says Bill Hustead, 54, Ted's son. A Madison, Wis., woman on her way to Wyoming is agape, like most newcomers: "This blows me away. Who'd think there would be something like this...
...have too many flavors, then they mask each other and you end with a mishmash. But there was that very simple recipe that we did on television. You spoon a little bourbon whisky over vanilla ice cream and sprinkle on some finely powdered instant coffee. That makes a delicious dessert...
...Take a spoon, dip it in hot water, and then press it to your creamed face, gently, never pulling the skin, and iron the wrinkles away," explains a middle-aged instructor, demonstrating with a spoon. Thirty-five women and two men watch attentively during the 2½-hour class in a Manhattan high school. The students, who range from an attractive redhead in her 20s to an actor in his 50s, also learn that steeped camomile tea bags applied under the eyes prevent pouches, dry oatmeal helps preserve a youthful complexion, and a postage stamp stuck on the forehead...
...Swede had recovered in Collins' opinion: "He stepped out of the electric chair for a moment." And even NBC's cutesy description for the Wimbledon finals experience -via-satellite took on new meaning as it spilled out of Collins' ever-active lips: "Breakfast at Wimbledon--be careful of the spoon at breakfast--don't hurt yourself...