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Word: scotches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...damage suit filed against him by three people who were injured last month in a dawn collision with Bing's $12,250 Mercedes-Benz. Scoffing at a claim that he was drunk, Bing ticked off his liquor intake at a party he attended before the smashup: "Two Scotch and water drinks before dinner, champagne during dinner, two Scotches and water after dinner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

...stand, added ammunition to the ascetics' arsenal by writing: "It seems some people are more interested in the superficial outward graces that make up the educated Charlie and future man of the world. The ability to balance a drink at a party and be able to name a good scotch are very possibly attributes which every Charlie should know, but this is not the education that Princeton offers the applicant...

Author: By Arthur J. Langguth, J. ANTHONY Lukas, and Robert J. Schoenberg, S | Title: Princeton: The College Called University | 11/7/1953 | See Source »

Today the Irish are still the dominating ethnic group with 60 percent of the city's population. Other large groups are the English and Scotch, French Canadians, and Italians. Negroes comprise only 4 percent of the inhabitants...

Author: By William M. Beecher, | Title: Cambridge Faces Return to Political Dark Ages | 10/29/1953 | See Source »

...Construction Tycoon Hal Hayes, who has a built-in bar in his Cadillac, plus faucets for Scotch, bourbon, champagne and beer in his home, proudly showed off his newest wrinkle: a heavy, green, living-room rug, which rolls, like a window blind in reverse, up a glass wall at the press of a button. Said Hayes: "At Hiroshima and Nagasaki, windows blew out and lots of people were killed by glass. [The rug] catches it. Since the rug is so heavy, it stops gamma rays and neutrons as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Rich, Full Life | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

Personal Effects. In Rio de Janeiro, customs officials checked U.S. Importer William O'Day's belongings, held up 800 cases of Scotch despite his contention that it was only "luggage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

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