Word: gins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lorenz remembers standing for six hours on a packed express train that runs between Belgrade and Athens. "We played gin rummy," he said. "One guy was the table--his right hand for the discard pile and his left for drawing...
John McNulty did not create his own most famous character-Mat, the proprietor of a gin mill known as "Mat's." He simply wrote down what the man said. What resulted was that great Irish art form known as conversation, which, at its best, is always above and beyond the call of truth. In his later stories, McNulty often slipped into the habit of giving Mat his real name-Timothy Athena Costello, proprietor of Costello's Restaurant, Third Avenue at 44th...
...York's rapid-transit system, but in a subtle, simple way -by drinking, thinking and writing on the avenue-he made the caption come true. This excellent selection of his stories, articles and miscellaneous pieces proves that a man can find wisdom as well as booze in a gin mill...
...store: a gin mill, a reverent term used only by its proprietor...
...public relations are fond of telling you, over a gin-and-tonic, that Jesus Christ began their clan. Today they are an integral part of the white collar colossus, disseminating millions of words annually. They have a man in the White House, two national societies, unlimited expense accounts, and a language all their...