Word: bourbon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle, SHAPE officially left France, ending the saga of NATO on French soil. While the flags of NATO's 15-member nations were lowered and a military band played a Napoleonic march, it bade adieu to its sprawling prefabricated compound at Rocquen-court, the site of ancient Bourbon hunting grounds, and moved to the small town of Casteau in southwest Belgium...
...what is a "thing of value"-and what constitutes influence? Today most legislators follow the rule of accepting as gifts only "what can be eaten or smoked in a day." Others set some monetary limit, for example, $5. Quips Ohio Senator Stephen Young: "I arbitrarily declare every bottle of bourbon worth...
...Schenley, whose 1966 sales of $478 million were only 2% greater than in 1957. Once the leading U.S. distiller, Schenley was overtaken by aggressive Distillers Corp.-Seagrams after the war. None of its leading brands (among them: Schenley Reserve blended whisky, Dewar's Scotch, I. W. Harper bourbon) are now the top sellers in their fields...
...five-year career as an elected official, Jim Garrison, 45, the larger-than-life (6 ft. 6 in.) district attorney of New Orleans, has tilted at windmills and gin mills, chastened Bourbon Street's once-famed B-girls, scourged the judiciary and battled with the mayor. More recently, he added the Warren Commission report to his mandate. Predictably, Garrison's investigation of "several plots" to kill President Kennedy has yielded the most rococo tale yet to emerge from that tragic day in Dallas...
After a hard day on the slopes, the first order of business is-or ought to be -a good long soak in a hot bath. Hot buttered rum, Glühwein or glogg, and a spicy new potion called the Broken Leg -bourbon, hot apple juice, cinnamon, cloves, raisins and lemon-are also good therapy for aching muscles. Then it is time to dress for the pleasures of après-ski. Slacks and pants suits are popular, but many girls, tired of pants after wearing them all day skiing, are switching to skirts, some of them mini, more...