Word: sweeting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House does not see it that way, however. Over there they have decided that Ervin is out to get the President, that behind the "sweet little ole country bumpkin" facade lies a monster. Memories are short in this town. The Ervin committee is about as gentle as they come...
Prices for fresh produce in season-lettuce, sweet corn and squash-remained stable or even dipped as supplies increased. But canned fruits and vegetables rose slightly, and are expected to jump in the months ahead, in part because of the Teamsters' strike against West Coast canners. Wheat farmers are holding on to much of their harvests in hope of even higher prices later, and flour and bread snowed no decline, as they usually do in summer...
...everything: Set in a Jamaican ghetto under sunny blue skies, the movie looks like a rough etching for a travelogue; a reggae singer on the up and up is bullied and spat down by the local fat king of the record business; he falls for a young sweet 'n innocent ward of the neighborhood preacher, and then shows up all preacher's God-stricken ranting and moaning and raving and groaning as simple lechery; his ambition as a rock star thwarted, he joins the genga trade--shots of blitz-eyed traders; wearing sunglasses and a leopard skin vest he twirls...
About to leave for Algiers, he got an urgent phone call from Mamie Eisenhower, who dictated a note to be delivered to her husband: "Dear Ike: Al will give you this note and give you a sweet kiss from me-and also a swift kick, because you haven't written for so long." Jolson delivered the message to General Eisenhower, commander in chief of the Allied Forces in North Africa. "Well," said Ike, "when you get back home, give Mrs. Eisenhower back that kiss. As for the other ..." Ike bent over, lifted the flap of his jacket and told...
Attitudes varied as to exactly what was wrong with the pudding. Some felt that it was too sweet; others complained that it was overly spiced, while the purists lambasted the pudding for its artifical flavors...