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...group of Ivy League Rockefeller enthusiasts, headed by Benson D. Scotch 2L, is planning an attempt to bring back to life the moribund Rocky-for-President movement...

Author: By John R. Adler, | Title: Write-In Rocky Group Organizes | 1/20/1960 | See Source »

...which 70% of the U.S. aid was spent, has shown itself an unimpressive fighting force; most of the rest of the U.S. money, instead of being used to finance rural economic development, has never got out of Vientiane, whose leading families have developed discriminating tastes in German cars, Scotch whisky, caviar and air-conditioning equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LAOS: The Price of Peace | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

...expected trouble. Through his mind flashed the unhappy vision of a late train, of his wife preparing dinner without any warning that he would be late. There was one way to prepare for the worst. With an air of quiet desperation, he went to the bar car, began drinking Scotch on the rocks as the train pulled out. The drinks were not wasted. By the time the 5:11 got to Riverside, it was 40 minutes late on a scheduled 47-minute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MODERN LIVING: Those Rush-Hour Blues | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

...four singing sons of aging (55) Groaner Bing Crosby soon found close harmony impossible. Their price tag was $12,500 for a week, but they only lasted three days. They bought their way out of their contract. It all seemed to have something to do with a case of Scotch in their dressing room. Gary, 26, oldest of the quartet, says he lost his voice, but regained it long enough, during the boys' final set, to call a ringside lady "a drunken bum." Cutting the act very short, the lads fled back to their dressing room, where they bloodied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 14, 1959 | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

...well; jungle vines are spreading over the mill and pigs root through his crumbling office. "It's here," he says. "No doubt about it-all the riches on earth. I don't know how to get it out, but dammit"-he pounded his desk so hard the Scotch bottle jumped-"it's here! We need men, real...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RIUER SEN: Men and Medicine Move-ln on the Amazon | 11/23/1959 | See Source »

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