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...gaudy post-Civil War saloon in New Orleans, "where the whisky is watered and the gambling is as crooked as the gals." Here, sultry Roxy (Yvonne de Carlo) plies her trade as hostess, separating the customers from their cash, calling everybody "dearie," and enthusiastically participating in all the barroom brawls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jul. 7, 1952 | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

...that all flyers use on the ground, he nosed over into a steep dive and pulled out sharply. Then something went wrong with the pressure valve in his G-suit, he said. The five air pads took a full blast and "it socked me in the belly like a barroom punch." But the pilot was not complaining. Without the G-suit, he could not have stayed in the same air with a Russian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pressurized Pilots | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

Bottle, bottle, shining bright, Morning, noon and all the night, Up above the town so high, Like a barroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLORADO: Battle of the Bottle | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

NOVEMBER-Curb Service. In Los Angeles, Al McCarthy, 49, was sentenced to 175 days in county jail for dressing as a priest and accepting free drinks in exchange for hearing barroom confessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 31, 1951 | 12/31/1951 | See Source »

Curb Service. In Los Angeles, Al McCarthy, 49, was sentenced to 175 days in county jail for dressing as a priest and accepting free drinks in exchange for hearing barroom confessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 5, 1951 | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

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