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Word: napkins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brought out four large coffee machines, styrofoam cups, plastic spoons, and so forth, along with a huge box of packaged coffee-cakes. Each package had one yellow roll with sugar frosting smeared against the Saran wrap that held it and a pat of margarine on a blue paper napkin. I ate the frosting off mine with a cup of coffee and sent it and its wrapping to join millions of others under the bleachers...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Shooting with the Stars | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

Jerry had the gift of instantly, almostly psychically, realizing whatever Roy needed at the table. Roy dropped his napkin, and without a word, Jerry handed his own to Roy. When Roy consumed the portion on his plate, the tray of sliced meats was automatically before...

Author: By (douglas B. Smith, | Title: The Real Unexciting Life of Roy M. Cohn | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...slightly mad scientists. He either brings the products to client companies, which pay his Patents International Affiliates $125 a year to get listings of inventions for sale, or markets them himself through a subsidiary. Among the products that his firm is considering putting on the market: a sanitary napkin that dissolves in water and a camera that shoots 360° photographs. Ted Angelus, formerly of BBDO, has started New Products Action Team, Inc., and is searching for a buyer for his Instant Elephant breakfast-food kernels, which pop into animal shapes when milk is added. Foster D. Snell, Inc., which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE GREAT RUSH FOR NEW PRODUCTS | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...stuff my napkin in my mouth to try to keep from laughing. The guy goes on. Men are sinners, he says. They have cut themselves off from God's will. The guy used to be a sinner, too, he says. That was before Jesus Christ entered...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: The Sinner Sunday Brunch | 9/30/1969 | See Source »

...most part, freshmen tend to concentrate on the junior college girls that Boston seems to soak up like a thirsty, sanitary napkin. Many of these girls, needless to say, are not known for being intellectually topheavy. But, if one's just looking for a little something to help him keep in practice, the i. c. girl is always there on a Saturday night...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Year of the Freshman: an annual social event thrown for 1200 selected students, with lifelong repercussions | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

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