Word: bourbon
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...horror of his Secret Service guard, he immediately climbed aboard a horse-drawn coach to inspect a herd of buffalo, elk and deer which roam the Busches' acres. Then he joined the granddaddy of garden parties (200 servants had been assembled for the occasion), drank a slug of bourbon, nibbled some hors d'oeuvres, shook hands with his host, and was on his way again...
...refreshed. But he flatly refused to compromise. By suppertime, each side had reduced itself to a corporal's guard, left behind in case of a break. The rest slipped off to dinner parties or catnapped on cots in the cloakrooms. Some fortified their spirits with quick nips of bourbon...
Cornered by a direct question, Kentucky's Alben Berkley made an admission: yes, it is true that he mixes ginger ale with his bourbon. "The ginger ale may not do much for the bourbon," the Veep explained, "but the bourbon certainly does something for the ginger...
...Bourbon whisky. 2. Zoot suits. 3. Coca-Cola. 4. Popcorn. 5. Ice cream...
...Charles X, who reigned from 1824 to 1830, was the last of the Bourbon descendants of Louis XIV to rule France. Forced into exile by the revolution of 1830, he relinquished his throne to his grandson, the Comte de Chambord. The proud count, however, refused to recognize the tricolor of constitutional monarchy, and refused to be king unless France adopted the lily-white ensign of the Bourbons. The throne passed to Louis Philippe, descendant of Louis XIII's second son, the Due d'Orleans...