Word: drink
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...professionals sprang from simple instinct. They had not wanted Willkie in the beginning. But for nine weeks they had tried to show him loyalty, proffer their service and support, make suggestions, consult. Some of them had been waved in & out of Colorado Springs for a smile, a handshake, a drink. Many -like William ("Bill") Ditter, chairman of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee-had never been consulted at all. Others-like Henry Fletcher, the Republicans' general counsel, who had gone to Colorado Springs with a 14-page legalistic essay on how the G. O. P. could get around the Hatch...
...Senior Album poll also dug up the astonishing fact that two thirds of the Senior Class took a drink at least once a week. Boston and Cambridge have almost as many bars as colleges. Unfortunately, they close early--one on weekday nights, twelve on Saturdays. If you want to keep on drinking, you'll have to go to Charlestown to the Stork Club, or to Revere to the Open Door, where you pay proportionately more. In Cambridge, the rowdy Stag Club (no membership dues) stays open an hour beyond the legal limit...
...Governor rolled weakly up from the heat-stricken audience and the Duke & Duchess began their first official task, shaking black and white hands. Then the Governor and his lady waved to the people of their domain from a balcony and drove off to get a long cool drink at Government House. Already the Duke had lent Nassau a helping hand. In Manhattan. Eastern Steamship Lines reported a boom in tourist bookings of Americans who wanted to visit the islands...
Even at 20% of Coca-Cola's sales, Pepsi-Cola is the sensation of the industry. From just another local brand in 1930 it has climbed to second place in the soft-drink league, more than $2,000,000 ahead of third-place Canada...
...took care of Emperor Haile Selassie when he was in Alexandria last month on his way to rejoin his people. The officer took the black-fuzzed little Emperor to the former Italian Yacht Club to change into military regalia. This was accomplished in a lavatory, accompanied by a drink of confiscated Italian wine...