Word: sweets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among the foods which have been purchased are 190 pounds of turkey, 230 pounds of other meats, 280 pounds of apples, 289 pounds of sweet potatoes, 96 plum puddings, 230 pounds of onions, and 230 pounds of squash. Any students with cars who are willing to help deliver these dinners should see Miss Hamilton at Phillips Brooks House today...
...Secretary of State Hull, Secretary of the Treasury Woodin escorted Mrs. Roosevelt in to her first State dinner. Mrs. Roosevelt had chosen pink chrysanthemums and pompons for her table decorations. Her menu: clear soup with whipped cream, Thinsies, filet of trout, tomatoes & cucumbers, turkey, green beans, creamed cauliflower, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, cream cheese balls & pineapple salad, beaten biscuits, ice cream & cake...
...freesia-sweet, Piteous, to eye and ear, as a lamb's bleat...
Miss Colbert performs admirably, and emulates her role of the suffering Sally Trent as a torch singer under the assumed name of Mimi Benton, with a soothing croon which is good enough for any night club. Her wispy overtones are accompanied by the sweet harmony of Abe Lyman's band, and her "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love," has more direct bearing on the plot than theme songs in most movies we have seen recently...
...subjects Hemingway chooses are seldom light or sweet; it is not surprising that only four of these stories were published in magazines. An adept at creating sinister atmospheres, Author Hemingway has never whistled up an eerier spirit than in "After the Storm," a story of a Florida beach comber who discovers the submerged wreck of a liner. Some of the other tales: A terrified adolescent tries to castrate himself with a razor. Two lovers part when the girl turns Lesbian. The manager of a Mexican matador who is a miser and a pervert finally gets fed up with his stinginess...