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Nixon's speeches were increasingly filled with sharp thrusts at the opposition ("The American people aren't going to settle for any warmed-over Truman hash when they can have Eisenhower beef and potatoes") but in nearly all appearances he drew his greatest applause with his intense portrayal of Dwight Eisenhower as a national leader who has applied his personal standards of decency to the business of government...
...nourishes about a dozen other oddsmaking establishments. Some beef up their income by peddling parlay cards (insidious lists of the week's games with which small handbooks tempt small bettors); some even book bets on the sly. None are as large, or as furiously legitimate, as the Clearing House...
...Simpson. From the moment of Wallis' fateful speech to the Prince at the Simpsons' flat in Bryanston Court-"Sir, would you care to take pot-luck with us?"-Mr. Simpson recedes into vagueness. The Prince returned for more and more of Wallis' beef stew-she used a recipe from Fannie Farmer's Boston Cooking-School Cook Book. Came the day when she simply could not refuse the Prince's invitation to ski at Kitzbühl. That evening for the first time she heard her husband's "door bang." Later he went...
...retreat. Almost reluctantly, the Braves went out in front in the eighth inning. Leftfielder Bobby Thomson promptly put an end to that rally by thoughtlessly trying to steal home. Apoplectic over this final foolishness, Manager Fred Haney fined Bobby $100. Apparently he did not think it worth while to beef that Bobby was probably safe in spite of himself. Dodger Catcher Campanella had jumped a good yard out of the catcher's box before Pitcher Roger Craig got rid of the ball. When they bothered to look, the Braves discovered that they had won 8-7, had taken back...
...Beef Candy. To create a new market for meat, Oregon Cattleman Ed Coles developed a chocolate-coated coconut candy bar containing 25% dehydrated ground beef. The meat lends a nutlike flavor to the high-protein Oregon Trail bar, which tastes like rich chocolate fudge. Coles hopes to market the confection...