Word: inns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Inspector General is the classic case of mistaken identity. The officials of an unnamed village learn that an inspector from St. Peterburg will soon visit their town, and may be travelling incognito. When they hear that a well-dressed stranger from Petersburg has arrived at the inn, they assume that he is their dreaded visitor. Actually, the young man is just a penniless fop who had lost all his money at cards and is stuck at the inn because he can't pay his bill. The mayor and his subordinates proceed to stuff their inspector with food, drink, and money...
Chicago (A), 5, Minnesota 4 (10 inn...
Phila. 3, Los Angeles 2 (12 inn...
...there they were last week, the Brooklyn Eagles and the New Haven Sentinels, playing for the title in the dead of winter in just about the unlikeliest stadium imaginable: the dining room of the Fairfield (Conn.) Motor Inn. And on a gridiron that was precisely 1 ft. 7½ in. long and 1 ft. 2½ in. wide...
Still, when the tender offer surfaced, some Studebaker directors urged the board to advise stockholders to reject it. At midweek, Studebaker's directors slipped into Room 1501 of Chicago's O'Hare Airport Inn to debate that matter. They voted to offer the outsider two seats on the board if he succeeded in buying the 500,000 shares. Should Studebaker's owners sell? "Shareholders should decide for themselves," said Chairman Guthrie...