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...lunch, Mondale called our waitress by her first name. His naturalness plus the arrangement of the small tables gave the room a homey kitchen atmosphere, though a portion of the back wall was missing. Sipping soup from his spoon, Mondale explained: "...a bomb went off in the john." What I took as a joke, it turned out later, was actually true...

Author: By Tom Wright, | Title: "...a bomb went off in the john" | 7/23/1976 | See Source »

...consumer sovereignty--the freedom to choose from a variety of goods. The burger entourage rolls on, covering over every trace of local color with a uniform circus yellow. Culinary freedom in America is disappearing--what became of the hot dog? And now McDonald's is standardizing the greasy spoon eateries of the world...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Edible Plastic | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

...order to be seen on the East Coast by 10. Performed in broad daylight, the entrance ceremony has not much more glamour than a school fete-especially since most of the stars seemed to stay away this year, preferring to watch the rituals with coke spoon and TV set, at home. (Ray Bolger's dance around the steps of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion was taped for TV two nights earlier.) The hordes of screaming fans were diminished too. There were about 2,000 of them, mostly teenyboppers, on the bleachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Day for Night Stars | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...eccentric cartoonist, but merely the eating habits of an un married college student. In my own apartment here at Cal State Fullerton you will find 13 empty bottles of Dr Pepper, six Swanson TV dinners, and in the freezer an open can of orange juice concentrate with a spoon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Mar. 1, 1976 | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...wrote, "for that has been true of every advance Harvard College has ever made...Strange rumors float about, and the less solid they are the lighter and easier they float. Some people seem to think that the student is to be chained in a galley and fed with a spoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1-1-2 AND ALL THAT | 10/25/1975 | See Source »

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