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Word: onion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...lemon and an onion tossed at him on Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue by two Brooklyn Italian girls, Mary & Italia D'Arte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: God Willing | 11/4/1940 | See Source »

...electrical worker in St. Louis and the mother of eight, was elected "Mrs. Unemployed American Mother." Her family food allowance: $58.85 a month. Rent allowance: $10. Mrs. Roosevelt was invited to sit next Mrs. Easley at a reliefer's dinner. The menu: 2 oz. beef stew, % carrot, 1 onion, % potato, % slice of bread, 1 pat of oleomargarine, 1 canned prune. Mrs. Roosevelt agreed that the dinner was not quite enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Daughters of the Depression | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

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