Word: beers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Brian, the other legal drinker, who decided that I was not drinking enough beer, assured me: "even though you go to Harvard, you can still drink." Thanks. His phraseology interested me because it summed up my existence among this crowd. It was fine that I was visiting, but I was an alien in their midst. Had I met these people without Kim's introduction, I would have been relegated to the corner...
...magazine clippings and sketches covering every inch of wall space. His refrigerator is filled with locked metal canisters of coffee and tapioca, whose combinations he conveniently forgets when Alice visits his lair. He keeps a toothpick tucked at the top of his door when he goes out and a beer bottle balanced on his doorknob when he is inside so he can tell if anyone is in or trying to get into his apartment...
...through the courts to regain control over the name, image and reputation of Elvis, it managed to both redefine American publicity law and revolutionize the marketing of dead celebrities--a not inconsiderable achievement in an era of rampant nostalgia and digital technology. When you see John Wayne in a beer commercial, you can take comfort in the knowledge that it is thanks to EPE's efforts that his heirs have a piece of the action...
Interns--the status-seeking professionals of the next cohort--are equally prone to this particular brand of prestige-by-association. You notice it at intern parties, which are usually held in tiny Georgetown row houses and feature cheap beer...
After lunch the craft service table was again prepared for those of us who were still hungry. There were platters of cookies and brownies from a bakery, cheese and crackers, chips and dip, sushi, ice cream, root beer floats and the Mocha...