Word: bootlegged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to the memo, Griffin tried to persuade Chief Investigator William Clinkscales to conduct "bootleg investigations" of which no official record was made. When Clinkscales refused, Alto's memo said, Griffin ordered that he be transferred to another job and demoted...
...booze isn't bootleg any more, but the Cotton Club is as jazzy as ever. Harlem's celebrated nightspot, which closed in the 1940s, reopened its doors last week. Cavorting together in the new digs were Duke Ellington's granddaughter, Mercedes Ellington and Cab Calloway, 70, who used to Hi-dee-ho at the club in the '30s. "Just another gig," shrugged Calloway, who does about 150 a year and has just recorded a disco version of his 1931 hit Minnie the Moocher. "I live good. I don't indulge in anything other than...
...short kickoff following the touchdown gave Harvard excellent field position on its own 40 and the chance for quick revenge. Quarterback Burke St. John capitalized on this opportunity by hitting Rich Horner for a long gain on the third play from scrimmage. The score came on a St. John bootleg from the five that made the Dartmouth defense look as animated as the trees in Hanover...
...greatest status symbols is heavy drinking. Booze is strictly prohibited in Saudi Arabia, but vast numbers spend their new riches on getting smashed every day. This is a sign of great wealth, since bootleg Scotch sells for $120 a bottle. One Saudi businessman risked penalties by importing his whisky disguised as crated furniture. One day a worried customs official called him from the airport. "You'd better come and pick up your crate of furniture quickly," he warned. "It's leaking...
...Camaro, brand-new 454 modified stock engine they came out with that year, Holly carbs, and Elvin in a '68 Mach I, special Ford 427 four-speed, a quick rear end, a 3.97 I think. Both cars had huge tires wrapped around Cragar mags, jacked-up front-and-rear. Bootleg cars, the epitome of American technology devoted, as it so often is, to breaking the law. And because I was just as drunk as they were, and very nearly as foolish, I stood out between them with my arms raised, and their headlights illuminated me like a Christian idol...