Word: korner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...saloon is not what it used to be. At least, the saloons that have television sets. From Kerrigan's Kozy Korner to the Stork Club, barrooms have suffered from an influx of "kids and marginal drinkers," which one Manhattan elbow-bender has scornfully dubbed "The Television Set." Last week, during the Louis-Walcott fight (see SPORT), "The Set" was out in force...
...also the newest and least-developed of Fred's characters, but as Donald reads the role, it contains some winning bits of brannigan. A favorite Cassidy wheeze: having resolved to give up the stuff, he puts himself to the test by trying to pass Kerrigan's Kosy Korner without dropping in. After a desperate struggle he makes it-and promptly returns to Kerrigan's to celebrate his moral victory with a snootful...
There was the U-151. In May 1918, she stood off New York harbor, there to lay mines and cut cables. U-151's Lieut. Korner later wrote: "When night came we could see the lights of Broadway. Some of the boys suggested that we sneak up the Hudson River and go to a show. What a joke that would be! For three days we crossed what we hoped were the cable areas, and for three nights we were tormented by the lights of Broadway...