Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...preparations, the President tried to break off and eat a piece of a huge gingerbread house put together by Assistant Chef Hans Raffert for the State Dining Room. Said Pat: "Don't you dare!" (He didn't.) Since Nixon does not enjoy carving, the Christmas turkey will arrive at his table presliced...
...NATO pro gram that will be paid for entirely by European members, who pledged to ante up some $920 million above their normal contributions over the next five years. The West Germans alone are paying for 40% of the "infrastructure" items, and will also provide low-cost credit to Turkey for its share. Even Luxembourg, with its army of 560 men, responded to the call and doubled its normal pledge...
...delicious and delicate green concoction of julienne white meat turkey, sugar cured ham, Bermuda onions and hard-boiled egg slices, served with hot Johnny cakes...
Though most of the dishes are American or European, the recipes do back up Field's international pretensions. Among the best are a wizardly Mexican turkey mole, which may take longer to assemble than to cook, and an entire section on curry. In addition, there is a chocolate roll that is lighter than either of Julia's cakes and several quick cheese concoctions. They are all reasonably easy because, their inventor notes wryly, "I am not trying to make Arab bread with American all-purpose flour...
...Administration backed and filled about the bombing of North Vietnam and the helicopter raid on Son Tay last week, it became clear that the raid was far more than a humanitarian gesture intended to get some of the estimated 378 American prisoners home for Thanksgiving turkey. The contradictory statements, clumsy lies and badly timed revelations, like a magician's facile patter, distracted and confused almost everyone. But the evidence is mounting that the Administration is using the prisoners of war as emotional tokens in a cynical and dangerous game...