Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chatted with Harry Truman, showed off his knowledge of American history, made a creditable stab at reciting from memory Whittier's Barbara Frietchie: "Up from the meadows rich with corn, clear in the cool September morn. . . ." According to his custom, before dinner he rapidly downed five Scotch highballs...
...placid view of his rivals. Says he: "There's always room for three or four at the top. To me Crosby doesn't have to sing. Does he have to prove anything? It's like saying you like butter on your bread or water with your Scotch. You've gotten so used to it you think you can't do without it. Some man sat down with a pipe and thought Sinatra up. It couldn't have happened to a nicer...
...seldom goes to nightclubs, but he entertains frequently at home. For special occasions, he usually has a small orchestra in. At such times, he has a drink or two (Scotch & soda), but he rarely smokes. His grandfather's ban on smoking in Ford offices is still in effect...
Clark Kerr is finicky in his tastes. He reads and paints for relaxation, but scorns bridge as "the world's worst way of wasting time." His vast collection of pipes has been assembled all over the world, will almost certainly follow him to Java. He takes his Scotch with water, prefers old-fashioned goose quills to fountain pens. He can still play the bagpipes - with discretion...
...wolflike whistle, started toward me, tripped over a rug and landed with his arms around my knees." Mrs. Malcomson was not charmed. But when she boarded the S.S. Brazil to be evacuated to New York in 1942, Pappy was aboard too, armed with soft words and a case of Scotch. When she got on a westbound train, Pappy turned up again. "I fell in love with...