Word: amberes
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...thoroughly believable as he sang his own Help Me Make It Through the Night. Now, sober as a choirboy (he has been on the wagon since last September), he held Rita's hand, whispered to her and blended his deep, friendly baritone with her voice of amber and honey. The capacity crowd of 3,700 roared back cheers and bravos...
...true brew fancier, amber waves of grain mean only one thing: the chief ingredient of beer. Hard-bitten guzzlers find that nothing quenches as happily as the kind that comes straight from the barrel. It can be found on draft, at taverns-the places Patrick Henry called "cradles of liberty." So they still are, only now the liberty is freedom of choice. There, across the stretches of mahogany are pump handles gleaming with the promise of alchemy. Somewhere at the other end of the pipe, malt, hops and yeast have been transformed into a series of heady potions...
Gilmore said he was receiving 200 letters a day, including many from girls who wanted to marry him, "but I got a girl, Nicole. And if I wasn't in love with her I'd ask Amber Jim to marry me. Just kidding, honey. But you're a good-looking girl...
Gilmore detected perfume on Amber Jim's next letter and remarked on it. They continued comparing views on boxing. Amber Jim's favorite fighter was not Rocky Marciano but Muhammad Ah'. Gilmore insisted on Marciano, then added that he was starting a bank account for her and putting in $500. He also bought her a ten-speed bike. And a book on Muhammad Ali. "I will always love you honey. You're a beautiful wonderful little girl ... Knock 'em all out. For me. Hugs and kisses, xxoooxxxo...
...days later, when Gilmore went before the firing squad, Amber Jim burst into tears...