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Word: gins (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more slugs of Scotch, gin and beer ("I don't like the stuff, but it keeps me goin' "), and it was time for the second performance. Fats slipped on his four-carat diamond ring, sank a horseshoe-shaped diamond stickpin in a rich new tie. From the stage, the whine of an electric guitar and the bleat of a sax vibrated through the walls; the rock 'n' roll picadors were wearing down the audience. As his handlers hovered, Fats stuffed himself into a fresh, shimmering suit, then stepped daintily out of the dressing room and trotted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fats on Fire | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

Devotion Lotion. In Cincinnati, William Stokes, 57, Bishop of the Spiritual Church of God, explained to police that the blackjack" he was carrying was for "protection of myself and my congregation," and the bottle of gin, for "sacrificial purposes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 10, 1957 | 6/10/1957 | See Source »

...Elementary," said John dryly, "the density of the olive is greater than the gin's, but less than the vermouth...

Author: By Walter E. Wilson, | Title: Bloop | 5/28/1957 | See Source »

People have asked me many times about what happened that day, in that seventh-inning clutch, when Alexander was called in from the bullpen to relieve Haines. They wanted to know what I said and what Alex said, and whether he had a gin bottle out there in the bullpen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out of the Bottle | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

...manager would tolerate a gin bottle in dugout or bullpen. So what explained the sudden spurt of skill of Detroit Third Baseman Reno Bertoia? For two full seasons, and even this spring, Bonus Baby Bertoia sometimes performed like a crossfoot clown in the field and was too tense at bat to hit his hat size. Still, as the season started, Bertoia was given the nod over Jim Finigan to play third. He has yet to make an error, and at week's end he was second in the American League in batting with a hefty .375 (behind Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Out of the Bottle | 5/27/1957 | See Source »

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