Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Strength of his Convictions. In Ross-on-Wye, England, John Wanklyn waited to appear in court for drunkenness, stepped out during the court's lunchtime adjournment, drank five pints of beer, four pints of cider, four shots of Scotch...
...report that they love their wives less than when they were married. Perhaps coincidentally, there have been 15 cases of ulcers. Eighteen of the men have been under psychoanalysis. ¶ At least on their own estimate, they are a restrained lot; 140 drink more than they did in college (Scotch is preferred to bourbon or gin), but 137 drink less, and 27 sit stoutly on the wagon. Card playing is preferred to sex as a favorite indoor sport (181 to 47), with squash (29) and table tennis (12) not too far behind. Three hardy Princetonians say they still play football...
...North American defense terms, the most sensitive area of ocean on the globe is the stretch of the North Atlantic between Newfoundland and the Scotch coast. Over this area would fly any Russian bombers trying to end-run U.S.Canadian continental defenses; through these waters would likely come Russian submarines slipping out through the Norwegian Sea bound for attacks on Atlantic shipping or coastal cities. For more than a year, the U.S. Navy's around-the-clock fleets of radar patrol planes and radar picket ships have been keenly aware of Russia's fleet of radar-equipped fishing trawlers...
...hair, seemed fidgety but in good health. His mission was to ask Churchill's help in appealing to someone in the Macmillan party for a safe-conduct that would enable Burgess to visit his sick 70-year-old mother in England. Churchill refused (another British correspondent, over a Scotch, promised to make inquiries, but with little likelihood of a favorable answer). Though rebuffed, Burgess chatted for several hours with Churchill...
WOMEN DRINKERS are returning to liquor ads, ending the gentlemen's agreement among admen not to use them. Calvert Distillers Co. will offer a Lady of Distinction (without glass in hand), while Glenmore Distilleries Co. will feature a woman in Scotch...