Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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"They used to dunk the cases of beer in Sheepshead Bay to prove it was fresh off the boat," said Nat.
"You might say I was one of the few guys who didn't jump out of windows," he said, smiling. "There used to be a joke: a guy walks into a hotel, asks for a fourteenth floor room and the clerk says, 'Is that for sleeping or for jumping?'"
Are any of the old Washington friends coming down for the party?
"You know, they're not well enough to make the trip," said Nat. "Many of them are not?in too good health. . . . "
Both of them were children of Russian Jewish parents. Lil's father was a successful merchant; he sold and repaired sewing machines. Nat's parents were poor. His father died when he was six, and his mother, who never learned English, had to work as a peddler to survive. She...