Word: beers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...That first shot of Scotch or bourbon-consumed, perhaps, during a surreptitious afternoon raid on Dad's liquor cabinet-tasted invariably like oil, or worse. For those who could not acquire the taste for the hard stuff, the answer was abstinence, beer or some sort of cocktail. Today, many liquor companies are gambling that there is a new category of American-those weaned on Tootsie Rolls, malts and Life Savers -who have been panting for something else: a souped-up soft drink...
...force members also wanted a no-choice system of House selection and more aid to the arts. But no one from the task force did anything to see that these suggestions were even discussed, let alone mandated. The task force also recommended that Memorial Hall be turned into a beer hall and that there be a coordinated plan to tune House pianos. However, those suggestions don't seem to fit the pattern of bold recommendations with a ten-year perspective that Rosovsky outlined...
...think kids have gone back to beer and booze," Smith said. "It's an alternative that is cheaper and legal...
Millions of jobless young people between 16 and 24 roam the streets of major U.S., Canadian and European cities, looking for work by day and cramming into bars, beer halls, sleazy pubs and pool rooms at night. "Hanging around" has become an occupation in itself, a dreary, unstructured existence with little money and even less fun. There is talk of sex, sports and cars, as usual, but the main preoccupation is with the hopeless job market and what governments are doing to stimulate employment. Those attempts range from President Carter's proposed $1.5 billion expansion of current youth employment...
...like an easy way to lose them. Few people there danced, and those who did dance did not move much. Tom noticed that if they danced too hard their clothes became disheveled. Shirts became untucked and no longer looked so form-fitting. Most of the people continually circulated, a beer in one hand always giving them a reason to be wherever they were. Drinking was always a legitimate activity. Other people stood in one place, their shirts pulled down in clean lines, and let their eyes roam for them. They were drinking too, and it gave them a reason...