Word: beers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like a beer...
...exceptions to the no-brew stand-up eating syndrome are the Busch Gardens, near Williamsburg, Va., and Tampa, Fla. Since both parks are also the sites of Anheuser-Busch breweries, and their owners are understandably interested in promoting suds consumption, both spots have "hospitality centers" that actually give away beer (Cokes and Sprites cost 50?). Busch Gardens' Old Country, near Williamsburg, has a vast Festhaus where visitors can quaff Michelob and munch bratwurst. The company's Dark Continent, near Tampa, has replicated a famed Swiss inn and offers one of the few gourmet menus in the world that...
...Beer cans and candy wrappers disfigure many mountain paths. Sounds familiar to the city pierce the silence. "I can't understand these people with their big mobile homes with generators and all the stuff," lamented Hal Stein, a construction company supervisor from Huntington Beach, Calif., during a visit to Yosemite. "They come up here, watch TV with a beer in their hand, look out the window and say, 'Ain't it pretty...
Tires hum along the interstate while an afternoon sun reddens behind exhaust fumes. The natives in the back seat are restless. Bored with counting stalled vehicles and CB radio antennas, they have discussed Star Wars to a tatter. The day's second rendition of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall has petered out at bottle No. 37. Now sullen silence prevails, punctuated only by stage whispers to the effect that some parents feed their kids, for cryinoutloud. Egg McMuffined for breakfast, Burger Kinged at lunch and Stuckeyed in between, the little ones are hungry again. For that matter...
...Mayflower's destination was Virginia; instead, the boat pulled up at Plymouth, Mass. A passenger's journal for Dec. 19, 1620, explains: "We could not now take time for further search or consideration; our victuals being much spent, especially our beer ..." On July 4, Americans will continue that tradition: when the brew runs out, the revels will be ended...