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Word: amaretto (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...social faux pas, including an alleged dinner party remark about "always wanting to see the pyramids" while staring down the low-cut dress of the Egyptian ambassador's wife. When a woman accused him of making a pass in a Washington bar, then spitting a sticky mouthful of Amaretto and cream at her when she rebuffed him, the White House issued a 33-page denial of the incident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

After the celebrated Amaretto-and-cream affair six months ago, in which Jordan was accused of throwing his drink at a woman in a Washington bar, the White House issued a 33-page denial. This time its response was confined to a taciturn "We have no leads, and are not pursuing it." But Jordan was irate. "Last night might have been the last straw for me," he said. "People will be lining up to throw pies in my face if I try to go anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Pie in Your Eye | 8/14/1978 | See Source »

...Girls [were] coming up to Hamilton and woowoo, you know what I mean?" Eventually, the bartender said, Jordan "did say something to the point where enough's enough. I think one of the girls got insulted." But Marshall was sure there had been no spitting of Jordan's drink, Amaretto and cream: that "would have been quite a mess, and she certainly wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tribulations of Harried Ham | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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