Word: drink
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...where they stood, and suggests where to look for more. When the Israelites under Moses were pressing toward the Promised Land, they asked permission to pass through Edom and Moab on the shore of the Dead Sea, promising to stay on the "king's highway," and not to drink the water of the country. Still the King of Edom refused, forcing the Israelites to detour through the dangerous eastern desert...
...request for late hours on all Saturdays, the committee points out that under present rules students do not really drink less on football Saturdays, and probably drive more than they would if there were parietals. In the past, excessive drinking followed by driving has been cited as a reason for ending hours at 8. At other colleges it is common practice to extend hours on football weekends, the report states...
...bushes, the protecting ants found them at once and quickly dragged them away. About 7:30 p.m., the caterpillar is let out of its burrow. Shepherded by the carpenter ants, it climbs to the topmost leaves of the bush and starts feeding greedily. The ants climb aboard and drink its honeydew on the spot...
Soon Aleksei takes to drink, battle-scarred and bitter because his wartime honors are withheld by Stalinist officials who cannot believe that any trustworthy Red could have survived a Nazi prison camp. He will have to fight for what is due him, says Sasha. "Against whom?" rages the former hero. "In the war, we knew who our enemies were. Who? Who is guilty? What's happening to us? Are we lying to each other? Are we splitting with the party? I am a man, dammit, and I need the truth!" At local party headquarters he tries...
...finally emigrated to California. Apollinaire in turn sat down to write La Chanson du Mal-Aimé, a long poem that swings between lyrical passion and harsh, direct descriptive talk in a way which was to put a lasting mark on modern French poetry. The nights in Paris all drink gin And fall asleep with their streetlights on. Trolley cars are mad machines To make green sparks and scream like queens...