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Word: bourbon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...began to drink alone in the closing weeks. Despondent and withdrawn, she was embarrassed one noon when surprised by kitchen help as she was filling a tumbler with bourbon. She would spend long hours in her pale yellow bedroom, often returning her luncheon tray with the food untouched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: Further Notes on Nixon's Downfall | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

Aaah. Finis. Apres moi le deluge. It was off to the Hong Kong. "Bourbon, please. No water--never drink water, fish fuck in it." Cozied up to the bar we started our recitation. The guys with the mai tais over in the corner started throwing ice. So it was out on the street again, and off to the parties, on our way to Nashville. See you at the Coop, when we get to sign the album covers...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: "I Got Bit by a Seeing-eye Dog" | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

...opening remarks, Mailer mentioned his last visit to Harvard two years ago when he appeared at South House with ice and a bottle of bourbon. "It is my favorite theory that we are built upon not one personality but two," Mailer said and added he wished to present a different side of his own personality...

Author: By Jefferson M.flanders, | Title: Sober Mailer Cleans Up Act, Delivers Speech | 2/24/1976 | See Source »

...north of the border; prized brands like José Cuervo 1800 and Sauza Conmemorativo sell for $10 to $11 a fifth. Nonetheless, at outlets such as Liquor Castle in Beverly Hills, which sells 20 cases a month, tequila sales are doubling every year. Says Owner Simon Levi: "Tequila outsells bourbon 5 to 1. I've been in the business 40 years and I've never seen anything like it. It's like vodka was ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Aztec | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

...triple sec. Other Aztec ?Oles!: T'n'T (with tonic); Bloody Maria or Mexican Mary (substituting tequila for vodka); Brave Bull (with Kahlua); the Freddy Fudpucker (with orange juice and Galliano); and Cold Gold, a sort of Aztec on the rocks. Tequila will probably never rival bourbon, Scotch, gin or vodka in the U.S. It is additionally appealing in another respect, however. According to Mexico City's National Institute of Hygiene, tequila is rich in yeasts and vitamins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Aztec | 1/26/1976 | See Source »

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