Word: sugaring
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then it was time for politicking. The most lavish candidate's reception was staged by Mrs. Roscoe C. O'Byrne of Brookville, Ind., who plied the delegates with sandwiches, cake, ice cream, deviled eggs and a compote initialed D.A.R. in green confectioner's sugar. Wary of mechanical voting machines, which spewed out a volley of blanks at the last election three years ago, the Daughters marked their ballots by hand, sat up till 3:25 to cheer sleepily for Mrs. O'Byrne, who had nosed out Mrs. Stanley T. Manlove of Newburgh, N.Y. by 55 votes...
...years women on foot had shuttled their daily loads of flour, oil, sugar and soap across the bridge. But Brazil and Argentina are South America's most powerful rivals, and many reasons of state had been found to delay the formal inaugural. Finally, it could be put off no longer. Said a bored Brazilian as Dutra winged south for the meeting: "I suppose somebody...
...Park Avenue princess (Martha Vickers), fond of a songwriting pauper (Robert Hutton), naturally pretends to be a girl of the people. Just as naturally, he first mistakes her for a schizophrenic kleptomaniac, next mistakes her be-limousined father for a sugar daddy. As anyone could predict, Boy eventually becomes so successful that at picture's end he can stand the shock of learning who Girl really is. Otto Kruger supplies his touch of suavity, Jack Carson his considerable comic talent, and Janis Paige her banjo eyes and pretty curves-but none of these attractions can save the tired...
...World production of grain (other than rice) is rising; but meats, fats and sugar are still down...
...tender enough to eat. The current fee for prostitutes was two slices of bread. In Essen, where the official daily ration is 1.550 calories a day, some people were getting only 887-which meant three slices of bread baked with mixed cornmeal and wheat flour and two teaspoonfuls of sugar...