Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sense, were Australians, who long ago combined the Scotch pronunciation of his name ("Mingis") with a comic-strip character called "Ming the Merciless," dubbed his regime "The Ming Dynasty...
...supply the nation for ten weeks even if the pipeline was cut, and Smith last week airily advised Rhodesians that there was no need to cancel their holiday trips to save fuel. As New Year's Eve approached, in fact, the only thing rationed in Rhodesia was Scotch whisky...
...Italians have taken to business gift giving with a frenzy, heavily favor French champagne or Italian spumante, Scotch and cognac. Martini & Rossi, Cinzano and Carpano all send out packages or cases of their best vermouth. ENI, the government-owned petroleum combine, gives champagne in decorative holders; IRI, the industrial combine, sends cases of high-quality Maccarese wine. No one cleans up in Italy like the Italian police. Companies have taken up the custom, long observed by the populace, of giving them presents at Epiphany. One result is that on Jan. 6 it is often difficult to spot a traffic...
...Robert Griffith, bought an option on a book called 7½?, hired writers and composers, then went out to raise cash in backers' auditions staged in the living rooms of friends. While four chorus girls warbled songs, Prince recited the story line and passed around a fifth of Scotch, a bag of potato chips and a ballpoint pen for prospective angels. From 164 investors, he raised $250,000 for the show-The Pajama Game. It is still playing on the road, so far has earned $1,850,000. Prince has never since had to worry about backers...
...able to find a market. Despite stringent trade and currency restrictions designed to undercut the Rhodesian pound, the new nation's hard currency reserves actually increased by $2,224,000 last week. The settlers might grumble at Smith's austerity taxes, which sent the price of Scotch whisky up to $5.46 a bottle, but the majority of them still supported him -and resented what they considered British treachery at trying to force them to turn over their government to the blacks. "Why are the British like ripe bananas?" goes the latest Salisbury joke. Answer: "Because they are yellow...