Word: turnip
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...TURNIP VENDOR...
...Have a turnip than his father...
...anybody be misled by the vigorous appearance of the lightly burdened 43.7 million. That average $205 is like blood out of a turnip. Quite often it's more than that. It's a matter of skimping on the milk bill and skipping a pediatrician's appointment. MRS. E. B. SHEARBURN JR. San Antonio
...that he is 24 years older than his opponent will weigh heavily against him with many voters. He is only a few pounds overweight (190 Ibs.), but, as he rumbles, "I always gain weight on campaigns. Out visiting these people, they put on the table Kentucky ham, fried chicken, turnip greens, boiled potatoes, three-story cake and the other good eats. It's hard for a healthy man to resist." Barkley recognizes in Cooper a formidable opponent, and he realizes that it has been six years since he last campaigned for himself-a long time away from the hustings...
Though there have been great changes around New Haven (pop. 563), Dr. Greenwell finds that many of his patients still live mainly on sowbelly, sorghum, hominy grits and turnip greens. It must be pretty good fare, he says, because he rarely sees a case of diet deficiency (though he does report an occasional deficiency due to too little food and "too much bourbon)." And while he gives full credit to lifesaving antibiotics, Dr. Greenwell still carries sugar pills (see below) in his bag. "They're one of the best remedies," he says, "for people who don't really...