Word: drinking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...typical U.S. citizen. He works hard, rides a succession of hobbies (old cars, microscopy) with grim preoccupation, loves sports, and has been happily married to the same wife for 26 years-Mildred Davis, once his leading lady. He keeps himself trim at 56 by exercising, eschewing tobacco and drink...
...that wealthy Perle Mesta was moving to Luxembourg to be the U.S. minister, something was missing in the capital's social life. Who would take her place as the No. 1 partygiver? Sweltering Washington, where bureaucrats are grateful for a drink or a dinner in the July heat, was anxious for an answer...
Thirst. In Seattle, a grocery clerk explained why he had stolen some $4,200 from his employer: "I like to drink beer...
...Elizabeth Short, nicknamed the "Black Dahlia," became the most highly publicized corpse in the country after a citizen left her slashed body on a vacant lot. A Mrs. Mary James was dispatched with more finesse-her husband thrust her foot into a box containing a rattlesnake, gave her a drink of whisky and then drowned her in the bathtub...
...really, I'd better scurry. Well, maybe just a half-a-drink more...