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Word: scotches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ahead & Sign." After 17 arduous days in Korea and 14 meetings with President Rhee, Robertson met reporters on the clipped green lawn of the U.S. embassy in Seoul, poured himself a stiff drink of Scotch and parried questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRUCE TALKS: Agreement | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

...Terre Haute, Ind. put on the market vodka with a dash of chlorophyll to kill any breath odor. The first 1,000 cases of green "Vodkafyll" sold out in Los Angeles in three weeks. While it works well for virtually tasteless vodka, chlorophyll is less practical in gin, Scotch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 20, 1953 | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

...rugged for Her Majesty's ambassador, Sir Roger Makins, forced, in the name of duty, to eat lavender-pink potato salad and dance the Lambeth Walk with strange ladies. Let Sir Roger reflect that his predecessors of 20 years ago had it even rougher: no champagne or Scotch to wash the stuff down with ... At least, in this age of lavender-pink potatoes and policies, Sir Roger does not have to face the grim protocol of Prohibition, which moved the compassion of Hilaire Belloc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 13, 1953 | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

...turning off the electric lights. Then they totted up the toll: 18 gallons of lobster Newburg, 450 hamburgers, eight turkeys, eight hams, a bushel of green salad, eight gallons of lavender-pink potato salad, six crocks of baked beans, eight gallons of sherbet, dozens of cases of bourbon, Scotch and gin, 120 bottles of champagne. Said Martha: "Everything came out even, except Clem Ryan." The evening had cost Millionaire Ryan something like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAPITAL: Let 'em Eat Garlic | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

...list of every drink known, systematically made and sampled each. Says he: "In my life I have made and drunk every conceivable drink, even some you had to chew. But in my old age I've learned one thing: there's nothing that beats a good Scotch on ice, with just a drop of water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Cats of MIG Alley | 6/29/1953 | See Source »

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