Word: drinkers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...customs require new, uncustomary terms. Folk singers in Washington, D.C., strum the strings of an ax. At Chicago a strong drinker is a long hitter; at the University of Texas those who can't hold it crash and burn under the table. A bag is an object, group or mood. I am in a pizza bag means "I want pizza." Where is the beard bag? means "Where are the beatniks...
...sophisticated American theatergoer, a London theater season is al most as important as the French summer season is to the sophisticated American wine drinker. The stuff will come over here sooner or later, and when it does, it will probably be better than anything produced domestically...
...biochemical filter with incredibly delicate powers of discrimination. It is also a prodigious worker (see diagram, left). All the water that anyone consumes in food or drink must go into the blood and be extracted by the kidneys before it can be voided as urine-contrary to the beer drinker's cliche "It goes right through you." Kidneys also work fast: the malodorous sulphur compound in asparagus is extracted and begins to be excreted in a couple of hours...
...lunch hour; housewives with kids queued up before trips to the supermarket; businessmen stopped by after a day at the office. Wherever the blue-and-white trailer picked a place to park in Cleveland, crowds gathered for a free drink of flavored corn syrup. And two hours later the drinkers returned to the trailer. Not that Clevelanders were afflicted with a sudden thirst; on their second visit, instead of getting another shot of syrup, they donated a blood sample. A technician smeared the blood on chemically treated cardboard. In a matter of moments the results were obvious. If the cardboard...
Loathsome Disease. Though Gessner was indicted for espionage in March 1962, his trial was delayed until last month by four hearings on his mental competence. During the 14-day trial, Gessner's attorneys summoned psychiatrists and former barracksmates to testify that he was a heavy drinker and an unstable character. But psychiatrists called by the Government said he was capable of controlling his conduct. Declared Justice Department Attorney Paul C. Vincent, "I agree he was sick. He was suffering from the most loathsome disease-disloyalty. He betrayed his country...