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Word: drinking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Detectives, sheriffs and special investigators swarmed in to ask him questions. Mickey was impatient. "They want me to sit here and lie-just to make it look like they're getting somewhere. Well, I don't lie. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I lead a real pure life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Clay Pigeon | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...Girl Not Like Drink." Western Europeans last week relaxed on the beaches, went fishing or drank beer in the warm evenings. But amid this summer somnolence, people anxiously waited to see how the great debate in Washington would go. The man who perhaps waited most anxiously of all was a beak-nosed French general, eight times wounded and 41 times decorated, whom few Americans knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: On a Tightrope | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

Britain: Voulez-voo prendre un drink apres...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN UNION: On a Tightrope | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

...years ago Lloyd's temple nominated him for Imperial Outer Guard, which is the first and only contested place in the Shrine's national hierarchy (candidates spend large sums on favors like fountain pens and tie clasps, and set up many a drink). Once in the hierarchy, called the Imperial Divan, the select and exalted nobles move up automatically one position each year until reaching the Imperial Potentateship. Lloyd was defeated for Outer Guard the first year; the next year his rivals withdrew, and he was unanimously elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ORGANIZATIONS: The World of Hiram Abif | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

...began thinking about Garry Davis, self-proclaimed citizen of the world, whose movement began to mushroom last year in Paris. Fabrégas kept saying to his passengers: "Some people go on hunger strikes to demonstrate their love of peace. We in the Garry Davis movement eat well and drink well and use the resulting strength to make propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD GOVERNMENT: Maybe That's What We Need | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

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