Word: slots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...chair to switch stations. Last week Zenith Radio Corp. brought out a new set equipped with electric eyes, permitting the viewer to sit as far away as 20 ft. and control it with a special pistol-grip flashlight. By shooting the beam at one slot alongside the screen, he can turn the set on (and off): by aiming at a second slot, he can switch stations; by aiming at a third slot, he can turn off the sound. Cost about $75 more than conventional TV sets. But the gadget is more than a sales gimmick; because it makes a sport...
...seaport town," said Clough, "prostitution is a biological necessity." Christ tried to stop prostitution and failed, he said, "so why should I?" One-armed piracy, however, is not a sporting thing, thought the mayor: "I don't approve of slot machines. Most of them are fixed so they don't pay off anything...
...gambling Las Vegas, he played one nickel in one slot machine. It was, he said, a ritual that he performs each time he goes to Nevada to watch A-bombs - "dipping my toe in the water at a famous bath...
...Americans will eat 10% more citrus fruits and tomatoes than in 1950, 11% less nuts, dry beans and peas. Outlays for "participant recreation" will be up 36.3%. This rise chiefly reflects the boom in pari-mutuel betting and pinball and slot-machine playing (whose net receipts more than trebled in a decade, to $419 million in 1952). Contributions to political and civic organizations will climb 45.8%. Buying of jewelry and watches will be up 37.2%, foreign travel 53.7%, medical insurance 60.6%, private schooling 101.4%, and airline travel 187.4%. The nation's highways will teem with 59 million cars...
...ball player. His grandfather was a bush-league catcher on the Eastern Shore; his old man and his uncles also wore the "tools of ignorance." They tried to turn Al into a pitcher. But in high school his speed afoot and his incredible batting eye earned him a slot where he belonged: in the outfield. Summers he played American Legion ball. His batting average wavered between .824 and .609. When the Tigers signed him in the summer of 1953, no one questioned their decision to pay him a $35,000 bonus...