Word: drink
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gets red tape to eat, gasoline taxes to drink...
...interviews with every 1-kw. disk jockey in the county. And the stars' best chance to relax-the private parties local functionaries are always thrusting upon them-are off limits to Mike North's clients. "You can't win," he advises. "If you don't drink, you're a snob, and if you do, you're a gutter drunk...
Under the Table. The writers loved Stengel. He could drink most of them under the table. New York fans loved him, too, as the Yankees found out when they fired him after the 1960 season. In 1962 Casey signed on as manager of the National League's fledgling New York Mets. "The amazin' Mets," he called them-and they were all of that. The Mets lost games in the longest (23 innings, 7 hrs.) and shortest (27 straight outs) ways possible. They were the only team since 1899 to lose 120 times in a single season. They finished...
...seem to mind. In fact, rather than lose their charge and their communications, many never even leave the dock, preferring to remain permanently plugged in. Many just like to go down to their boats on a hot summer night, and sit on the stern deck for a quiet, cool drink and a chat with friends. Yacht clubs, which usually let visiting yachtsmen plug in free of charge, are not much happier. Said Ted Tolson, vice commodore of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club: "They hook up on our docks and blow all the fuses in the circuit. Then they holler like...
...Touch of Loren. The European airlines are almost unanimously opposed to in-flight entertainment, prefer to lure passengers by stressing service. Though their service is basically the same as that offered by U.S. airlines, each carrier still manages to provide some individual touches. First-class passengers on Lufthansa drink German draft beer, eat smoked-ham sandwiches on black pumpernickel. Alitalia bills itself as the "simpatico" airline: its stewardesses, though trained to wear makeup that looks made down, never quite conceal that tantalizing touch of Loren that they all seem to have. The newest wrinkle in service is the package tour...