Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Okies were thriving. In Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia, Modesto, the Okies were Californians, still speaking the accents of the Southwest, still voting Democratic, clapping their hands to the hillbilly music of their favorite TV entertainer (''Cousin" Herb Henson), still whacking away at religion, Bible-belt style (Scotch-taped legend on one Oklahoma car: OBEY Acts 2:38). They had, most of them, made good-so good that nobody even thought to ask, "Whatever became of the Okies...
...Vice President." Said a newsman: "Now I realize this may be a somewhat embarrassing question to put to you ..." Nixon broke in: "No questions are embarrassing." Continued the reporter: "Do you have any reason to believe that the President may be considering resigning?" Replied Nixon: "I would like to scotch once and for all, if I can, any rumors to the effect that the President, first, is in a condition which would make it necessary for him to consider resigning, and, second, that the President himself or anybody in the President's official family have discussed or are considering...
...Nixon prefers Scotch, does not usually serve wine in his own home, but sips it dutifully when offered at ceremonial functions...
...Scotch-born minister quoted Damon Runyon's statement that "No man knows what his life is worth until he has had to risk...
...first quarter, the Princeton-Dartmouth game was buried in snow. Yard-markers disappeared, officials blended with players, spectators shuddered over a dwindling supply of Scotch and began to beat a retreat from Palmer Stadium. But nothing seemed to bother a lanky Princeton halfback named Dan Sachs-neither wind nor snow nor wet ball, nor well-drilled Dartmouth line. He scored almost every way possible, passing for one touchdown, running back a kick for another, intercepting a pass for a third, schussing over from scrimmage for a fourth. Fans with antifreeze and the determination to last out the afternoon saw Princeton...