Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...station-wagon load of mail every day," says Wright, "a lot of it from people who want to know the name of the song played at 3:12 yesterday afternoon." Yet when the station asked whether listeners wanted numbers identified on the air, 15,000 wrote in to scotch the notion. The music is also popular with merchants. "I asked a store clerk the other day where they got their nice music," says Wright, "and he said, 'Why, that's your station.' " WPAT's only problem is a product of its success: so many advertisers...
...more slugs of Scotch, gin and beer ("I don't like the stuff, but it keeps me goin' "), and it was time for the second performance. Fats slipped on his four-carat diamond ring, sank a horseshoe-shaped diamond stickpin in a rich new tie. From the stage, the whine of an electric guitar and the bleat of a sax vibrated through the walls; the rock 'n' roll picadors were wearing down the audience. As his handlers hovered, Fats stuffed himself into a fresh, shimmering suit, then stepped daintily out of the dressing room and trotted...
...your article "Making Cigarettes Safe" [April 22]: Has Researcher Wynder tried ethyl alcohol (possibly in the form of bourbon or Scotch) for extracting the natural waxes from the tobacco leaf? One could have a smoke and a drink all in one and eliminate the need for the hip flask...
...beyond that, they reflect a very personal, crinkly humorist and constitute a very Volstead Act and vers-libre period piece, the two things meeting in the on-the-wagon Don Marquis who said to a bartender: "I've conquered that goddam willpower of mine. Gimme a double Scotch...
...place of a corsage, she sported a miniature display of the medals that she won as a WAC in World War II. House Speaker Sam Rayburn, who does not hold with such flossy doings, hovered so long behind the punch bowl that a fellow finally offered him a cupful. Scotch-Drinker Mr. Sam was incredulous: "Are you serious?" he asked. This was the last chance this year to invite Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy, and Ike pointedly passed it up. The only Congressman so neglected, Joe allowed that he didn't want to go to that old party...