Word: martinis
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Figures indicate prices of three drinks, Martini, Old-Fashioned, and Highball, respectively...
...motivating political philosophy of Mr. Roosevelt. So far as that has been disclosed to us, it is a little of Mr. John Dewey's debauched pragmatism, a little Jeffersonian democracy, a little talk of the integrated state which the suspicious might call Fascism, and a dash of Tammany Martini. The idea that Mr. Daniel Roper and Mr. Roxford G. Tugwell could agree on any fundamental policy of agricultural adjustment is only exceeded in obscurity by the question as to which of them has more influence on the administration's agricultural program...
...newcomers odds were on Tenor Nino Martini to make the biggest success. He was the Duke singing with Lily Pons in Rigoletto. The other debutants were capable but they had smaller parts: Lillian Clark, a comely San Francisco soprano, was an offstage priestess in Aïda. Irra Petina, a Russian emigre who trained at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, was one of eight noisy amazons in Die Walküre. Basso Virgilio Lazzari, lately of the Chicago Civic Opera, did his bit well...
...Tenor Martini went to the Metropolitan handsomely advertised by Columbia Broadcasting System which for the past year has sponsored his radio performances. But for all his beautiful legs and a smooth, ingratiating voice critics found him short of Metropolitan standards. He was often flat. His loudly-touted top notes were strained. It was the oldtimer who had the week's warmest reception. Soprano Claudia Muzio, who left the Met twelve years ago to sing in Chicago, returned, gave a stirring performance in La Traviata...
...came to the Parker House and I have been here ever since. Back in the '90s, two cocktails cost a quarter and a quart of the best whiskey sold for .75. The present-day prices, although not as cheap as that, are still reasonable. The cocktails cost as follows: Martini .25, Manhattan .30, Bronx .25, Clover Club .35, Old Fashioned .35, Orange Blossom .30, Champagne .75; the prices of the punches and miscellaneous mixed drink.; Planters Punch .45, Claret Punch .35, Brandy Egg Nogg .50, Tom Collins .35, Gin Rickey .25, Ward "8" .45. The fizzes and sours range from...