Word: bourbon
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...terms of atmosphere, there will be just a little bit of everything there today. There will be ghosts--yes, lots of ghosts from past contests--there will be plenty of alumni, there will be lots of Yalies, and a lot more non-Yalies, there will be rye and bourbon and just about every other drink under...
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...