Word: pint
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Senator Eduardo Chibas, Cuba's pint-size, pistol-packing politico, has fought two gun duels (nobody hurt) and a saber duel (one wound, Mercurochrome size). A fortnight ago he flourished a weapon again. During Havana's meat riots (TiME, June 18), police used tear gas freely. Burning with indignation and clutching a small revolver (see cut), the Senator dashed into the melee. "Shoot me too!" he shouted to the police. They declined...
Blood Suckers. In Washington, D.C., postal inspectors discovered that some mailbox thieves now steal checks, hurry to a blood bank, give a pint, get a receipt made out to the name of the check, cash their loot by presenting a patriotic identification...
...second place, I am wondering whether you realize how your feelings may change in time. . . . What I mean is that a glass of vino at a local farm is better than nothing, but it isn't better than a pint of beer at the Old Red Cow, is it? Has anybody told you how quickly these Mediterranean women get ugly and old-looking? Maybe you are feeling that I think you are going to do something for which you will be sorry later on. You're right...
Jack Benny, whose favorite catch line has long been "They love me in St. Joe," proved himself right when he finally scheduled his Sunday night broadcast for St. Joseph, Mo. Some 10,000 people turned out, gave a pint of blood apiece to the Red Cross as admittance...
...pint-sized medic tries to lift a husky wounded G.I., yells "Gimmee a hand, somebody." The G.I. (played by a one-armed veteran) promptly offers his own "blown off" hand...