Word: scotch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seven vessels. Three-masted and square-rigged, the frigates and sloops of war were small and fast, with a gun range as far as one-half mile. Of the three top U. S. commanders, John Paul Jones is the best known in history and balladry. Son of a Scotch gardener, a true corsair and soldier of fortune, he served first under John Barry and Hopkins. When given command of a sloop, he sailed to Brest, seized many sloops of war, and gained world-wide fame...
Dictatorial young King Farouk opened in Cairo's resplendent Théâtre Royal de I'Opera last week the International Convention of Telecommunications. Its delegates from 62 nations agreed that the terrace of Tony Shepheard's Hotel is one of the finest places for Scotch & soda, agreed that Cairo's Nautch Girls and night spots are messy, overrated. The delegates had not yet agreed at latest dispatches upon any major issue of Telecommunications...
...SCOTLAND-R. H. Bruce Lock-hart-Putnam ($3). In this nostalgic, slow-paced account of his athletic boyhood, Author Lockhart (British Agent) gives first place to relatives and Rugger, with interspersed laments on the decline of bagpipes, kilts, Scotch whiskey, dialect and nationalism, winds up with a stirring defense of schoolmasters. Concluded with this volume, Author Lockhart's autobiographical series adds little to modern letters, but makes an interesting example of Scotch frugality in living one's life twice over...
...Shibe Park was dressed up to look like a banquet hall one day last week. Gay flags hung from the walls, a long table sported baskets of flowers and an icy cake decorated with sugar baseball bats & balls, and about 100 baseball men milled noisily about sipping Scotch & soda. Presently they began to munch chicken patties, crab cutlets, cakes, nuts and mints. Suddenly a tall, gaunt old fellow with bushy white eyebrows and sunken eyes strode in briskly. The guests promptly gave him a spontaneous yell of greeting. The old fellow was Cornelius McGillicuddy ("Connie Mack"), manager, treasurer, president...
...program will open with Mozart's Symphony in A major and close with Mendelssohn's "Scotch Symphony" in A minor...