Word: alee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...alone, there were 123 corporate acquisitions; that was far below the peak of 430 in July 1969 but 32% ahead of the 1975 month and the highest number since January 1974. Acquisitions by well-known companies in recent months include Pillsbury Co.'s purchase of the 113 Steak & Ale restaurants; W.R. Grace's acquisition of Sheplers Inc., a clothing store; Colgate Palmolive's buy-out of Charles A. Eaton Co., a golf-and tennis-shoe producer; and H.J. Heinz Co.'s takeover of Melloday Lane Foods Corp...
...ridicule is a shoe that fits so many feet it scarcely matters which one it was taken from. No prior knowledge of Mary Margaret McBride is necessary to enjoy their Mary McGoon, with her recipe for frozen ginger ale salad. One need never have heard Mary Noble, Backstage Wife to enjoy the hilariously muddled banalities of their Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife...
...Oxford Ale House customers have to prove they are 19 before being admitted, even though the law hasn't been passed yet. Patrick Melendez, an employee there, said yesterday. "We wanted more of a college-type scene," he said
Chuck Wepner, the classic fall guy, managed to stand up for 14 bloody rounds with Muhammad Ale last night, until the relaxed world heavyweight champion calmly decked him with 19 seconds left in the final stanza of the world championship bout in Cleveland, Ohio...
...commercial businesses. The fact-finding business still exists, but since 1954 it has fallen into the growing shadow of the Guinness Book. As the McWhirters tell it, a college teammate of theirs who had gone to work for Arthur Guinness Son & Co., Ltd. ("the largest exporter of beer, ale and stout in the world," as the book faithfully records) decided that there ought to be a recognized authority for settling disputes in pubs, and commissioned them to produce one. They sat down, consulted their accumulated lists of useless facts from newspapers and other sources, looked up other facts in reference...