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Word: tacos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wendy's, Friendly's, Taco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes Summer: Want Food Fast? Here's Fast Food | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...sales this year are expected to reach $20 billion. McDonald's, the giant of the industry, will very soon sell its 23 billionth hamburger. A Texas chain called Church's Fried Chicken uses up 37 million pickled jalapenos per year. In 1976 the 700-plus units of Taco Bell consumed 1 million tons of beef-and that is a modest amount by the standards of McDonald's or Burger King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here Comes Summer: Want Food Fast? Here's Fast Food | 7/4/1977 | See Source »

...wide sales totaled $1.9 billion. But Jack's sales have risen 15% since the "Watch out, McDonald's!" ads began running. They will go up even more next month, predicts Marketing Vice President John Castiglione, when Jack unsheathes a new weapon: a 7½in.-long Super Taco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETING: Jack v. Mac | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

...Well, yes, Senorita, I think it will rain; it will rain. But later." She invites you into her house--"Come in, Senorita, come in. It's very humble here, but...You wouldn't like a taco, Senorita?" And she hands you beans enveloped in a tortilla like the ones her children are eating...

Author: By Sage Sohier, | Title: Glimpse of a Mexican Village | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

...Jews agree upon the merits of the felafel - Arabian bread stuffed with beans, salad, pickle, ol ives and sesame sauce. The gyro, a Greek concoction of lamb, tomato and onion, has pre-empted the frankfurter's place on many Eastern city streets. On both coasts, the Mexican taco has become a short-order staple. Soul food has gone national. Colonel Sanders' finger-lickin' Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets now number 3,500. The pizza, according to a Gallup Organization poll, is the No. 1 favorite snack of 21-to-34-year-olds. (Any of those foods many contain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Decline and Fill of the American Hot Dog | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

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