Word: bourbon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Barbara Jordan, Texas Congress woman, on going to the Carters' semidry parties: "When you were born in bourbon and branch-water country, you have difficulty adjusting to those fine wines...
...like something out of a bad dream, really. One expected to wake up momentarily and find out that, no, Harvard hadn't fumbled the ball away in the closing seconds, and no, Harvard hadn't taken itself out of the Ivy title picture. Perhaps we had had too many bourbon-and-ciders at the pre-game tailgate...
...only sensible thing to do, it seemed, was to go out and guzzle all the bourbon-and-cider left over from the morning's tailgates...
Walker easily made friends in high places. James Schlesinger, whom he met in 1959 over a bottle of bourbon at the University of Virginia, asked him to be godfather to his son. Their two families now often have weekend barbecues with House Energy Committee Chairman Thomas ("Lud") Ashley. Walker attends Mardi Gras parties in the capital each year with Louisiana Congressman Joe Waggoner and frequently calls Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long at home...
...spokesman for President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing called the bombing "a deplorable injury to an essential part of the French heritage." Indeed, the chateau that was once the residence of the Bourbon kings is now one of France's major tourist attractions. Ten galleries displaying some of the country's greatest art treasures were damaged. A huge hole gaped in the floor of a hall devoted to art of the Napoleonic era. Chandeliers lay in a carpet of crystal shards. Rare Louis-Philippe furniture and exquisite ornamental paneling were reduced to matchsticks. Busts...