Word: patly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senator Pat McCarran is not noted for a serene disposition. Last week in Las Vegas, Pat treated President Celal Bayar of Turkey and 100 local notables to a stirring demonstration of temperament. The occasion was a Chamber of Commerce banquet in honor of President Bayar, who is on a good will tour of the U.S. (TIME, Feb. 8). McCarran was a picture of purring amiability until he entered the dining room and took a quick look at the seating arrangements. Then he discovered that he had been seated some distance from Bayar. To make matters worse, Las Vegas' Mayor...
McCarran, had been given a ranking place to the left of Bayar. Pat purpled, and refused, in a modulated roar, to sit anywhere except next to the guest of honor. "Since when," sputtered McCarran, "does the mayor of a city come before a U.S. Senator...
From the day Bookie Pat Irvine bought a $50 federal gambling tax stamp in Long Beach, Calif., the local police took an abiding interest in him. They had a key to his house made, installed a microphone and other eavesdropping equipment, put fluorescent powder on his papers (for fingerprints) and recorded his telephone conversations. After listening and looking for a month, the police charged Irvine with bookmaking. He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison; he appealed...
...Eagles, who lost to the varsity, 73 to 70, in overtime, last year, have a tall, high-scoring squad led by 6 ft., 7 in. Tony Daukas. Forwards Phil Powell and Tom Cullinane and guards Pat Cahill and John O'Hara are the other starters...
...most of its devotees, the Window Shop is merely a quaint combination of foreign gift center and Viennese restaurant. But to the waitresses who work there, the shop is an open window to a new life in a new country. For the pat fifteen years, this store has welcomed refugees, offering a home during the difficult period of adjustment. It was with this idea that a group of faculty wives started the store in 1939. Their main concern was in helping refugee students and their wives to pay for an education, but after the first few years, the shop encompassed...