Word: slot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make matters worse, two years ago Texas Attorney General Will Wilson cracked down on vice, padlocked gambling joints and brothels, arrested tavern owners, dumped most of Galveston's slot machines into the Gulf of Mexico. Sin has had tough going since then, what with the presence of two Texas Rangers and spot raids by state liquor agents, and the madams, hoodlums and gambling interests have never felt the same about George Clough, who allowed it all to happen...
...restaurants, casinos and nightclubs are empty, except for pistol-packing bigwigs, and only a few of them. The Hotel Jaragua is almost deserted, and the 310-room Embajador, which cost $6,000,000 or so, had about 20 guests. I'm convinced that the slot machines and games are fixed in favor of the tourists, in hopes that someone will spread the good word back home. At least, I could not lose for winning on the slots, and I watched a blackjack dealer accomplish a nearly impossible feat: he went over 21 on three of five hands, thus keeping...
Morse, team captain, has been consistly phenomenal in his defensive play and rates a fine chance to take senior Mouse Kasajian's shortstop slot. Drummey, too is a fancy fielder with a good arm and will probably be among the varsity regulars. Drummey, who batted .319, and Morse, batting .312, were one-two in the line-up this year...
...KTTV to tape the show and sell it to independent stations was regretfully turned down. Having put on a high-quality musical show for so long, and having the bankroll to pay for its performance in high-price time, Firestone is adamant about not settling for a second-class slot...
From Pioneer III, Van Allen discovered that there are not one but two radiation belts, with a low-intensity slot between them. Studying the tapes, he concluded that the outer belt is made of weaker particles, presumably protons and electrons that come from the sun. At its outer edges, it curves downward in "horns" that hit the atmosphere near the magnetic poles. These horns were what produced the northern lights...