Word: brande
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Elsewhere, prohibition sentiment lives on in a variety of peculiar rules. In Washington State, an obscure law bans the word saloon in the name of any beverage or place of business. Last April the Olympia Brewing Co. made the mistake of launching a new brand called Buckhorn Saloon: it had to destroy 1,751 cases and ship another 4,000 to other states. In Utah, restaurants can only provide setups. A customer can either bring his own bottle or he can buy his liquor from a state-licensed bar at the establishment; the law says the customer must walk...
...majority argued, to accept an ad from Playboy is to condone what Playboy stands for--the smirking, leering, pseudo-sophisticated brand of smuttiness that has, for 25 years, gone further to promote sexist thinking than any other publication. No matter how hard the minority might protest, no matter how fervently it might agree that the Playboy life-style and philosophy are degrading, it was saddled with the label of sexist. The connection between the acceptance of an ad and the endorsement of the advertiser's beliefs and public statements is too clear, the majority said...
...battling Crimson showed the promise of a fiery brand of basketball here last night--and that's something that has not been seen in a Harvard uniform for quite a while...
Carter brought his own brand of courtesy to the White House from the first day, when he turned around on the Inaugural stand to thank Gerald Ford for helping to heal the nation. It has saved him many a time from total rejection...
MacLeod's brand of football is just as opportunistic as his sales pitch. He lacks great size or speed but he has a knack of finding the seam in zone defenses that he attributes to the perspective he gained while playing quarterback. His ability to catch the ball under pressure would undoubtedly earn him the nickname "the wee ice mon" if he played on the Isle of Skye eleven...