Word: vanilla
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among the famous questions raised and seldom settled by letter-writers in the Times have been : Are there any brains in the British Army? Why isn't British ice cream any better (this was headed "Strawberry or Vanilla?")? Who is the oldest Etonian? What is the derivation of the phrase "cocking the snook" (thumbing the nose...
They giggled at him--ah, those college youngsters, what they won't do--pointed him out to one another, licked their ice-cream cones, vanilla and chocolate doubleheaders. And rolled...
...short, "There's No Place Like Rome" lived up to its title and had us almost expelled by the management, high points being young hopeful Flavius calling for a vanilla popsicle, Roman gladiators rowing back from conquering Gaul in approved crew fashion, and man-eating lions charmed to rest by a jazz band wearing armor...
...Vanilla...
Sirs: . . . I have often wondered why a city like Chicago cannot have a good morning paper. The morning paper reader must choose between Hearst or McCormick, in which case I'll take vanilla...