Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rocks. The court's ruling cast a smog of gloom upon California. The state is currently using more than 5,000,000 acre-feet a year from the Colorado, and water needs are increasing relentlessly, so the 4.4 million quota seemed dismayingly skimpy. "If you order Scotch on the rocks in 1972," said Attorney General Stanley Mosk, "it may be really on the rocks...
...finally broke through next day -and so did the penitent Americans. In the morning, U.S. golfers swept all four Scotch foursomes (in which the two men on each team take turns hitting the ball) and led by the score of 7-6. By midafternoon, they had added three straight singles victories. On the 16th green, two up over England's Mike Lunt, New Jersey's Bob Gardner, 41, was surveying a tricky, 4-ft. putt when Captain Tufts whispered in his ear. "Bob," he said, "this is the one we need." Gardner calmly stepped up, sank the putt...
Both in and out, it was a tough commute. A Jeep steering wheel came off. The Jeep dove into a gorge and had to be repaired with Scotch tape and fishing pliers. The governments of both Argentina and Chile, deciding that this was really a smuggling expedition, sent police along to make sure that dry flies were the only things being cast across the border...
...Nicholas Schenck, that's just who it was-frightened Queen Frederika, 46, and daughter Princess Irene, 20, fleeing into residential Three Kings Yard from a mob of Greek leftist demonstrators outside Claridge's hotel in London. "I offered her cognac," Marti explained, "but she said she preferred Scotch and soda." A diplomatic choice, for British officials were red-faced with apologies for the apparent snafu of security measures. But Frederika swiftly regained composure, sent Marti an autographed photo "for your prompt help to two strangers in distress," then flew home. Awaiting her was news to delight even...
Pearson's first courtesy call on Prime Minister Harold Macmillan went on for 40 minutes, and when newsmen asked why so long for a routine call, Pearson grinned: "We had a Scotch." Before a luncheon meeting, Macmillan asked him to show up 15 minutes early so that he could meet the Cabinet and address them briefly. Labor's Opposition Leader Harold Wilson dropped by for "a very long and private talk about world affairs." In addition to the usual protocol visit, Queen Elizabeth asked Pearson and his wife to come spend the night at Windsor Castle...