“We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium.”

—  Winston S. Churchill

"Fifty Years Hence", The Strand Magazine (December 1931).
The 1930s

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1874–1965

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