Word: tomatos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Square Books (25,000; Oxford, Miss.). This charming store in a Reconstruction- era building carries a full range of titles and offers tomato-basil pie in a second-floor cafe. Owner Richard Howorth maintains a local flavor with a section devoted to Oxford's best-known citizen, William Faulkner. A small sign above the stack of copies of the 8 1/2-lb. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture reads, $5.98 PER LB. SAME AS CATFISH FILLETS...
...about his girlfriend, Elizabeth Hughes, whose mild, pleasant drawings accompany the text. Is he happy with her? Without her? Will they marry? One wonders whether, as a suitor, he will ever top an early gambit, when he invited her to a park to share a bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwich, then showed up with the ingredients % and a portable microwave oven...
...Good Evening, Moscow!, a prime-time television show that specializes in covering everyday headaches in the capital, Shinkaretsky is the Ralph Nader of the U.S.S.R., the champion of consumers in a country with precious little to consume. Though his persistence in uncovering agriculture shortcomings has earned him the nickname "Tomato Joe," he quickly points out, "I also expose the problems of sanitation, transportation and theft...
...soups are homemade, except for cream of tomato, which is from Campbell...
...test of strength last week in the state senate, which passed a bill to extend the life of his agency. The acid test may come when Republican Governor Bill Clements, no Hightower fan, decides whether to sign the measure. A veto could send Hightower packing to his backyard tomato-and- okra patch. But the feisty populist is unlikely to moderate his radical position. As he has said, "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos...