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Word: blender (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also willing to allow some modern conveniences into his Eden. When his wife makes butter, she uses a blender in stead of a churn. "If I were to move to an old-fashioned farm," Perrin writes, "and could bring just one piece of modern machinery with me, I wouldn't hesitate a second. I'd bring my chainsaw. It's noisy, it's dangerous, it pollutes the air-and I love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cold Pastoral | 7/24/1978 | See Source »

...have little or no correlation with the future academic or professional success of minority students. How could SATs possibly test the verbal capabilities of a Third World student, when many of the words used in the test do not exist in his or her environment? Words such as canopy, blender, pantry or perambulator are common for the average white student. But they are not familiar to minority students. A Third World student's depth of assimilation into a white society cannot be the only judge of future performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minority Recruitment A Third World, a Different World | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...Machine ($120 de luxe, $100 without blender). Another French import. A fast machine, but also the most complex; capacity too small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Miracle Machines: Chefs' Delights | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

KitchenAid K5-A ($294). American. Basically a baker's tool, it can perform nearly all processor functions, but does not have a blender. Solid and dependable, with ten different speeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Miracle Machines: Chefs' Delights | 12/19/1977 | See Source »

Sort of like a Waring blender...

Author: By Earnest T. Bass, | Title: Coming of Age, Simply | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

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