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Word: vodka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were joined by Brian, another assistant to Roy. People began to drink various concoctions of Sprite, vodka, and bloody Mary's. Gary and I went to look for beer as a "feasible alternative," as they say, but failed to find any. Brian suggested that we have some champagne instead (it being the same color and gaseous...

Author: By (douglas B. Smith, | Title: The Real Unexciting Life of Roy M. Cohn | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...Duke of Windsor. The first installment tells how a teen-age Christine modeled a bikini for a male photographer who happened to wear women's shoes. Her further progress: a "black sweeper" deflowers her at 15 or 16, an American soldier gets her pregnant, a landlord spills his "vodka breath" all over her face, a wealthy Arab introduces her to Osteopath Stephen Ward, he introduces her to high society. In the second installment, she recalls a night with Soviet Spy Eugene Ivanov: "Then I threw all reserve to the winds. He was my perfect specimen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memoirs: The Perils of Christine | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

...Aswan where 3,000 Soviet engineers lived and worked shoulder to shoulder with Egyptians, few friendships developed. In Cairo today, thousands of Russians live clannishly in their own apartment blocks, drink at their own clubs and shop at their own commissaries-from which some of the Soviets purchase extra vodka and sell it to Egyptian merchants to pad their sparse salaries. The Egyptians cannot complain, though, that the Russians shy away from hardships or dangers. Last July as many as six Russian advisers were reportedly killed in an Israeli bombardment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Moscow's Murky Role in the Middle East | 9/5/1969 | See Source »

...moon. It took no time whatever, though, for new bits of Franglais to crop up, such as "Voilá la go." Trader Vic's restaurants around the U.S. and in London served a tiny American flag in every cocktail; Harolds Club in Reno offered Moonshots of vodka and apple juice served in a glass shaped like Apollo's command and service module...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: CATHEDRALS IN THE SKY | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

...unstable for military service. His vanilla screen-acting style was best expressed in such films as Tammy and the Doctor. Offscreen, Fonda began a new vocation-as an alcoholic who ended at least one motorcycle ride in a Hollywood hospital. When he was discharged, he gave up vodka and took up marijuana. "That changed my whole mind," recalls Fonda. "My conscience began to show. I was no longer competitive. I grew my hair and sometimes a beard." Getting busted for possessing pot simply confirmed his new convictions. "I began to get less offers from Hollywood. I developed the reputation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Space Odyssey 1969 | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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