Word: taverner
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Crosby is quick to applaud exceptions in his general picture of electronic idiocy, whether he finds them in scripts for "Duffy's Tavern" or in televised opera. In "Out of the Blue," however, there isn't much applause-- probably because Crosby's catcalls are much more enjoyable...
...known as a "singleminded" reporter who never lets go of a story once he gets hold of it. Six years ago Mowery got hold of the case of Louis Hoffner, a dime-store clerk sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a New York City tavern owner in a holdup. Mowery heard about the case as the result of another good piece of reporting; he had just dug up evidence to help free Bertram M. Campbell, a Wall Street customer's man convicted of forgery as a result of mistaken identity (TIME...
...merchants. Taking a break, he eats a candy bar or sips a Coke which the PX has bought in the province. After hours, he catches a local bus, takes his local girl to a local movie, and buys her coffee and doughnuts or beer at a local snackbar or tavern. Housing, feeding and entertaining American G.I.s has become Newfoundland's fourth largest industry-after fisheries, forestry and mining-with an annual income well over $10 million...
...that quickly caught his eye was a Dutch tavern scene showing men shooting dice. The President pulled up a chair to study the painting, and remarked that it would be a fine gift for soandso. (Afterward, Kohen loyally insisted that he could not remember the name the President used...
...Mixer. In Chicago, after a ten-day hunt for Truck Driver Dumonte Ashley Parker and a missing truckload of 750 cases of gin, police finally found the truck, short 250 cases, and Parker tipsy in a nearby tavern, where he indignantly told them: "I drink whisky myself...