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And I won't be fully on board until they're able to back their rhetoric with solid action, and not just of the potato-salad throwing variety, and perhaps, as you say, works that stand on their own.
Missles 2007
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Not some potato-salad packing clerk… although he did seem to enjoy himself there for a bit loved that scene.
One Last Look: Mickey Rourke as The Ram in The Wrestler « FirstShowing.net 2008
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One who won't be done, complains of a prince's ransom for a potato-salad.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 Various
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An indescribable odour of tobacco, cummin (carraway), and potato-salad.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie
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'' Angelika, thou must find time to make a potato-salad, and see that the smoked goose is well cooked on thy wedding-day. '
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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In July, 1921, despite the current prejudice against all things German, I found sour-braten on the bill-of-fare at Delmonicos in New York, and, more surprising still, braten with potato-salad.
Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences Henry Louis 1921
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Here the friends feasted upon sausage and potato-salad of their own make, a bottle of wine being added if the host happened to be in funds.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886
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Oscar took no notice of this bit of sarcasm, but remained intent on his potato-salad; but his father, who was watching him, laughed and said: --
Gritli's Children Johanna Spyri 1864
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There they sat, resting after heat and fatigue, each in their best gala dress, the table spread with "Dicker-milch," potato-salad, cakes of various shapes and kinds -- all the dainty cates dear to the German palate.
The Grey Woman and other Tales Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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Reser helped turn a family potato-salad recipe into a food empire and gave millions to the school where he met his wife, Pat, and graduated in 1960.
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