Word: gingering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...muddy blue and white Tel Aviv bus, with its sign, "In military service," halted near Suez city, 85 miles east of Cairo. This was the last stop before the Egyptian-Israeli cease-fire line 13 miles farther south. The ginger-haired civilian driver opened the door alongside a platoon of soldiers waiting by their halftracks at the edge of the road. "This line is closing down," he said happily. "See you in Tel Aviv." The soldiers cheered and clapped their hands. They were getting...
QUINCY HOUSE DINING HALL, Grand Hotel, with Greta Garbo, Top Hat, with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...
...From The Ginger Man on, J.P. Donleavy's novels have been simultaneously cruel, sentimental, repetitive and sporadically funny. Donleavy heroes are ridiculous figures who wallow in self-pity behind their mannered fronts and anesthetize deep personal hurts with sex and alcohol. Like Cornelius Treacle Christian, the errant knight in tweed armor of A Fairy Tale of New York, Donleavy's people move around a lot-"Moving all the time," says Christian, "hoping for a master stroke of solace somewhere...
Head Pounding. The North Carolina team, led by Psychiatrist John Ewing, gave laboratory cocktails of ginger ale and ethyl alcohol, measuring the amount of alcohol so that each subject drank an amount proportionate to his body weight. The volunteers were then questioned and tested for two hours to gauge the effect of the cocktail. The tests revealed a striking difference. After drinking, the Westerners tended to feel relaxed, confident, alert and happy; the Orientals were more likely to experience muscle weakness, pounding in the head, dizziness and anxiety...
...huge daisies, she joined her parents in greeting the 500 guests, danced one dance with her father Prince Rainier, and then sat out the others at the royal table. There was a sprinkling of Princess Grace's friends from the old days, including Cyd Charisse, Tony Martin and Ginger Rogers. Only Kennedy Clan Favorite Andy Williams, who sang, got the attention of the very shy, very pretty princess...