Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...room on the right of the stairs there are booths in which you'll see the couples who are combining a tete-a-tete with a little pepper-upper. These people are usually pretty well occupied, and the waitresses have very little to do other than bring drinks at regular intervals. Across the way is the bar, where the real Cambridge tankmen gather to discuss the day's events and argue the relative merits of the various teams around Boston. This part of the Club is a little dull for those who are looking for color. If you want...
Trapped by flames in the upper stories of their Mt. Vernon, N. Y. house, Author Vincent Sheean, his wife (Diana Forbes-Robertson) and their two small children escaped being burned to death by leaping from windows. Author Sheean sprained an ankle, singed his hair; his wife suffered severe burns. The eleven-room house, which they leased from Sinclair Lewis and his wife, Dorothy Thompson, burned to a crisp...
John Lydenberg, Instructor in English, will speak and show movies on conservation to the American Civilization Group in the Union's Upper Common Room at 7:15 o'clock tonight...
...Higgins had a tough fight on his hands. Earl Buckwalter of Navy had the upper hand from the start, but Jim kept fighting and held his opponent to a decision...
...Paraguay $3,000,000 for its first road to upper hinterlands in the interior...