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Word: tomatos (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fancy down parkas. Some token flakes fell on that city, and one delivery boy said excitedly: "I've only seen it once boy said excitedly: "I've only seen it once before." There were some real problems: power outages were widespread, the Rio Grande Valley's tomato and pepper crops were nearly wiped out. In El Paso, where the streets iced over, 126 minor car accidents occurred during one 1 ½-hour period. Said a policeman: "It was Demolition Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Numbing of America | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...first days after the military takeover, Poles were surprised to find grocery shelves stocked with certain items, such as smoked fish and tomato juice, that had scarcely been seen for six months. "Where has it all been?" asked a woman shopper in Warsaw. A clue to that mystery was supplied by a Dutch truck driver, who had taken part in a 150-vehicle convoy to deliver donated food from Western Europe. He was directed to a Polish warehouse that he said contained "more butter than I've seen in my entire life." Poles generally welcomed the government's sudden bounty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Darkness Descends | 12/28/1981 | See Source »

...will be on sale in 60% of the chain's 6,500 units by year's end. Rival Burger King is now selling a sandwich-style version of veal parmigiana. And Jack in the Box has a growing line of Supreme sandwiches, including ham, bacon, lettuce and tomato garnished with alfalfa sprouts and served on whole wheat bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food Feast | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...government could afford to feed students the lunch on the cover [Oct. 12]. Fresh lettuce and tomato on a thick hamburger on a toasted bun on a shiny china plate on a tray devoid of graffiti simply do not exist in a school cafeteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 2, 1981 | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

...three lunchtime shifts. But about half of North High's 1,600 students drive to fast-food restaurants, go home or bring their own lunches; of the remainder, 70% pass up the standard federally subsidized lunch to buy à la carte items-90? hamburgers, $1.15 bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches, 65? side orders of French fries. About 240 students choose the so-called reimbursable lunch each day, paying $1.20 for a choice of sandwich or cheeseburger with potatoes and another vegetable or, if they prefer, fruit. Only ten students get that $1.20 lunch free...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing Down on Benefits | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

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