as in bloom
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
he worked for NASA in its salad days
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But the real star of the show here is the amazing soundtrack composed for the film by Dan Bern and Mike Viola (among others) that satirizes rock-and-roll from its salad days to the present day.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
His enthusiasm at the opportunity to relive some of his salad days as a cheerleader at Yale overcame his better judgment and led to his downfall.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 2 May 2024
For Record Store Day, the band visited their salad days with Evergreen, which brings together their first two EP’s – 2011’s Woodland and its 2012 follow-up Young North – both of which are being made available on vinyl for the first time.
—Ron Hart, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2024
There may be far fewer TV shows being made in Hollywood these days than in the salad days of the peak TV era, but that just means there’s more hustling being done to get writers, producers, directors and actors staffed on a development season that goes on year-round.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
His enthusiasm at the opportunity to relive some of his salad days as a cheerleader at Yale overcame his better judgment and led to his downfall.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 2 May 2024
For Record Store Day, the band visited their salad days with Evergreen, which brings together their first two EP’s – 2011’s Woodland and its 2012 follow-up Young North – both of which are being made available on vinyl for the first time.
—Ron Hart, SPIN, 17 Apr. 2024
There may be far fewer TV shows being made in Hollywood these days than in the salad days of the peak TV era, but that just means there’s more hustling being done to get writers, producers, directors and actors staffed on a development season that goes on year-round.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
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