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Jeff Davis quickly became a leader of his class but also showed certain rebellious qualities befitting a future President of the Confederacy. Davis was one of the first cadets to be court-martialed for frequenting Benny Havens' off-limits tavern at nearby Buttermilk Falls. There were other charges, including cooking in quarters, spitting on the floor, and "firing his musket from the window of his room." And Ulysses S. Grant, though he was never court-martialed, stole turkeys from the superintendent and roasted them in his fireplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poets and Presidents | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...fellow meets a girl for cocktails for two, life is just a bowl of cherries. The music goes round and round-an unchained melody or a fascinating rhythm-and it seems like old times. It's just one of those things. Like a marshmallow moon in a buttermilk sky, it's magic. Whippoorwills call. 'Swonderful. Delightful. Delirious. Delovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: The Mood Merchants | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...industrial designer, but really made his mark when he concocted Pub Renault, a snack bar in Renault's auto showrooms. The booths resemble antique car seats, waitresses can be summoned by a brass klaxon, and the menu ranges from Renault's new Caravelle coupe ($2,300) to buttermilk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decor: Vive le Pub | 2/25/1966 | See Source »

...anyone with the slightest sensitivity of taste, anyone capable of noting the subtle differences between, say, absinthe and buttermilk, knows that small cokes taste quite a bit better than big ones. The original 6 1/2 ouncer is a real taste classic. On the contrary, the 10-ouncer is a vivid symbol of creeping materialism. 3 1/2 ounces more for your dime, and all that is sacrificed is quality. According to informed sources, the difference is due to the fact that there is the same total amount of syrup in each variety. . . Rem Rieder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FBI, Romance Friction, and Coke | 5/14/1965 | See Source »

...goodly portion of the nation's milk. Though retired from his last post, as professor of biochemistry at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, he writes and conducts experiments there, at 85 a lively testimonial to the balanced diet (in his case, it includes two glasses of buttermilk a day). This week he will accept the first $1,000 McCollum Award from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 5, 1965 | 2/5/1965 | See Source »

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