Word: bourbonic
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...likely that his subordinates will risk such action without orders from the bridge. Even less likely is it that the guilty subordinates will go scot free and even receive the captain's protection, having so jeopardized the ship's safety. But no captain enjoys the Bourbon inviolability of Mr. Nixon, once he reaches port...
...Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there are signs in the windows of clubs that say, "Jazz Preserved Here." Most of the signs are lying. You can't preserve the old New Orleans ensemble jazz unless you have the old musicians who developed the style--no, not even in New Orleans, where jazz was born...
Only two bands made up of New Qrleans old-timers still remain. They're both based at Preservation Hall, on St. Peter Street just off Bourbon, and so many of their members have died in recent years that the two bands have to share their trombonist, clarinetist, and drummer. These ancient jazzmen play with the vigor they must have had in the barrelhouse saloons and honky-tonks where they played in the twenties. But nowadays they go on tour and play at Lincoln Center and at Symphony Hall, where they were March...
...would appeal to modern tastes. A brave bevy of brands entered the lists Royal American, Galaxy, Honey-Go Lite, Free Spirit, Northern Light and others. Sadly for this latter-day charge of the Light Brigade, it has been Balaklava all over again. With Scotch to the right of them, bourbon to the left of them and vodka down the middle, the lights, after eight months on the shelves, have barely made a dent in the competition. A very few individual brands may yet sell well, but the industry consensus is that light whisky, on the whole, is an idea whose...
...American Distilling: "Money is tight and most distillers are waiting for the full market reaction." A few lights are selling well anyhow, but this is partly because of their association with traditional brands. National Distillers' Crow Light benefits from the similarity of its name to famous Old Crow bourbon, and buyers occasionally choose Four Roses Pre mium, unaware that it has been trans formed into a light...