Word: beers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...millions of parents, July's polio scares in North Carolina, California and Texas (see MEDICINE) seemed more real and frightening than the Russian blockade of Berlin. Shade, cold beer, watermelon and air conditioning assumed a great seasonal significance. California fruitgrowers and shippers noted an increase in the demand for lemons...
...father, who was Barney Baruch's younger brother, was madly in love with you when you were on the stage." Piped young Talbot: "That's nothing. My grandfather had a crush on you, too." Replied Betty: "I remember him well. He and I were having a beer at Delmonico's the night Lincoln was shot...
...concert of Belgium's famed Pro Arte String Quartet, of which Maas was the cellist. They came away determined to form a quartet of their own. The four-Violinists Sidney Griller and Jack O'Brien, Cellist Colin Hampton and Violist Philip Burton-decided over a pint of beer that the way to become a quartet was to live together, break all family ties, refuse engagements to play separately...
...press boxes to the wire association men (who had to be there), publishers and their wives, and some journalistic trained seals. Even when the balloting started, many newsmen preferred to watch from the press lounge on the second floor, where three television sets, air conditioning and gallons of free beer (courtesy of the Pennsylvania Railroad) made the proceedings easier to swallow-and to follow (see TELEVISION...
...When some 600 delegates gathered in The Hague's 13th Century Ridderzaal to continue discussions of European Federation, Winston Churchill broke a precedent and surprised Dutch delegates and journalists by: 1. Suggesting that Holland eliminate the tariff on imported beer. 2. Smoking a cigar...