Word: beer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Somewhere there's a freshman who could sell an awful lot of beer mugs...
...many a fancy local headquarters are of unadorned cinder blocks to recall unionism's hard-knocks days; chances are that more money has been put into the locals' recreation rooms, with air conditioning, paneled walls, billiard and ping-pong tables and bars (the staple still is beer...
...nearly 5 o'clock. Technician Oskar Anthamatten worked on the balky engine of a bulldozer. In the canteen a dozen men drank beer and munched sandwiches. Some 50 others were still in the barracks, resting up for the night shift. Suddenly there was a dull groan from the sky. Glancing up, Roosma saw a long chunk of the curling lip of the glacier break off and begin to slide down the cliff, slowly at first and then in a quickening whirl of ice and rock and snow...
...from cars in opposite lanes, their headlights spaced out evenly by expert tailgating. Radio: "Hurricane Betsy is acting up again." Sensation of pleasant tension, smooth-pumping pistons, wiper-rhythm. WARNING SPEED CHECKED BY RADAR. Needle's right on 65. Cops make allowances. "Hey nonny nonny and a Ballantine beer." PAY TOLL AHEAD. Get out EXACT CHANGE. Hands resting lightly on wheel. "You don't believe-we're on the eve-of destruction." LINCOLN...
...Loren. The European airlines are almost unanimously opposed to in-flight entertainment, prefer to lure passengers by stressing service. Though their service is basically the same as that offered by U.S. airlines, each carrier still manages to provide some individual touches. First-class passengers on Lufthansa drink German draft beer, eat smoked-ham sandwiches on black pumpernickel. Alitalia bills itself as the "simpatico" airline: its stewardesses, though trained to wear makeup that looks made down, never quite conceal that tantalizing touch of Loren that they all seem to have. The newest wrinkle in service is the package tour that...