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Word: liquor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Rising liquor sales indicated that Christmas parties were widespread last night. Most merrymakers were unaware that today will be the last day of school in the half-century...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Exeunt as College Puts Half Century on File | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...Ambitious Program. To preserve incentives, N.A.M. wanted the U.S. to 1) abolish present excise taxes except on tobacco and liquor, and substitute a uniform manufacturer's excise tax on all end products excluding foods; 2) limit the 1951 budget to $33.6 billion (some $11 billion below present estimates); and 3) return to the gold standard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANAGEMENT: Youth Be Served | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...fairly new institution, known as "the liquor of the month club" will provide a variation for those who are disgusted with perenial Esquire calendars, handkerchiefs, and cigarette lighters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Men Like Ford Convertibles But Usually Get Cuff Links | 12/8/1949 | See Source »

...that I am not Ingrid Bergman"-see cut), we asked her to meet us for cocktails . . . We found her to be shy, modest, thoroughly affable, and reminiscent of her women . . . When we asked her what she'd like to drink, she said: "A glass of iced tea. Hard liquor makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

Testing. In Baltimore, Liquor Dealer Albert Steinberg reluctantly handed over $100 to a holdup man who tossed back the cash and said: "I don't want your money. I just wanted to see how much guts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 28, 1949 | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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