Word: liquored
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watchmen who set up the hue and cry if a fire broke out or a horse died in the street. But big cities began to suffer more noisome problems. By the 1820s one out of every 65 Bostonians was, according to Haverford College Historian Roger Lane, engaged in selling liquor. The dozen "houses of infamous character" that nourished in the West End of Boston were raided in 1823 by a party of citizens led by Mayor Josiah Quincy. In 1837 a riot between volunteer firemen and an Irish funeral procession was so serious that a militia cavalry regiment...
Though rioting led to the professionalization of the police, ordinary crime occupied their time and liquor control determined their relations with the public. Between 1860 and 1869 there were 70 murders in Boston. Theft, especially pickpocketing and burglary, were common, and there were some spectacular bank robberies. The Civil War produced great riches for some but, until the perfection of the Yale lock in 1865, there was no effective way of protecting such wealth. In 1864 alone, the Boston police reported that nearly a million dollars had been stolen. Professional detectives emerged who would attempt to recover the loot...
...drinks taste something like a milkshake with a kick. Only 30 proof, they are aimed primarily at drinkers who dislike the taste of alcohol but enjoy its effects. To further camouflage the liquor taste, generous doses of chocolate, banana, strawberry and other flavorings are added. Federal Distillers in Cambridge, Mass., the first liquor company to go into bovine beverages, has a special Ice Box line that includes such cool, hot sellers as premixed Chocolate Sombreros (creme de cacao with a dairy base), and a Chocolate Chaser (creme de cacao and eggnog). Glenmore Distilleries in Louisville calls its creamy spirits Snowshakes...
Sweet Appeal. Among leaders of the herd are Malcolm Hereford's Cows, produced by Heublein, Inc., which began test-marketing the product last spring. More than 500,000 cases have been sold so far, and liquor stores report that the Cows are a live stock indeed. Heublein's ads show Cow bottles grazing in a green pasture and describe how Malcolm Hereford, a fictitious bull breeder, invented the drink. Concludes Hereford: "A Cow-on-the-rocks is not a bum steer...
...were running for cover; and The Boston Globe was splashing the sordid details on its front page. Nobody would comment. Editors and reporters pontificated and prevaricated. I was prepared for some serious wallowing: visions of Nixon entering the terminal throes of his own hysteria, Pat snitching bourbon from the liquor cabinet, Kissinger taping all his phone calls, Eddie Cox worrying that his father-in-law might kill himself rather than resign...