Word: scotch
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...Bears Scotch Standard...
...Hamilton, who specializes in healing, told of flooding one patient so strongly with her curative power that his watch stopped as though electrically shocked. Some one else told of having summoned Edward VII of England, who exclaimed upon arrival: "There are no kings here. Call me Teddy!" A Scotch doctor had spoken from "beyond" with a rich burr. A baritone spirit had sung Love's Old Sweet Song quite loudly...
...well-known bootlegger. Wishing to order some refreshments, he hailed a taxicab to overtake the car. The car pulled up at a Government building as the taxicab came alongside. The thirsty one called to the driver of the bootlegger's car: "Can you deliver me a case of Scotch today?" The driver turned around towards the questioner, disclosing his face-the face of Prohibition Commissioner Roy Asa Haynes. Mr. Haynes had taken advantage of a recent ruling that dry agents may use confiscated cars...
...grounds of Buckingham Palace, two royal tea parties were given by the King and Queen. These simple, democratic functions, inaugurated after the War, are said to do the King more good than a stiff Scotch and soda. Peers, Ambassadors, Princes of India, clergymen, social leaders of every strata -some in toppers, patent leather shoes and formal afternoon attire, others in humble headgear, stouter footwear and business clothes-all rubbed shoulders. The King smiled. Americans were present: Mrs. Joseph R. Lamar, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. E. M. Townsend, New York; Mrs. John Lowell, Boston; Mrs. N. T. Bacon, Providence...
...other, luffing, jibbing, stepping in and out of the seas in a staunch but hopeless attempt to sail under Hoyt's lee, was the Scotch boat Coila III, defending the Seawanhaka Cup, which was won 30 years ago by a 'British six-metre boat, never regained for the U. S. until a salute-gun boomed, a flag broke out from the staff in front of a yacht club, the Lanai crossed the line, left the sea to the toiling Coila III, the windy clanging of the gulls...