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Word: drinking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aftertaste, though, is something like the last four drinks in a ten-drink evening: They tasted good, you think, but damn if you can remember what was in 'em. Son of a Son of a Sailor takes no chances--the formula worked last time, sent him from Paul's Mall to the Music Hall, frontal-assaulted the Top Forty, and paid for a new sloop, Euphoria II. There aren't but a half-dozen memorable lines on the new album, and even fewer musical quirks, like the cello (the cello??) that follows Buffett down one of his trademark Acapulco cliff...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: And Texas Hidden Deep In My Heart | 4/8/1978 | See Source »

...stage of some of the work of Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor's shattering, unflinchingly perceptive short stories are among the small masterpieces of twentieth-century American literature: the play might be excellent, but if it's faithful to the original you ought to plan on a stiff drink afterwards. (Tonight through Saturday at 8; call 261-8894 for details...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: Blues from the Bottom of the Barrel | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

Dominic Cretara treats and apparently classic ordering in his modern-day oil "Supper Scene." A male, Christ-like in appearance, dominates the center of the painting. People around him drink, even if it is only tea, and there is bread on the table before...

Author: By Susan H. Goldstein, | Title: Bodies in Bronze and Twilight | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...wild adventures that never quite materialize. In the end, Namo and I probably stayed one day too long. Four days was enough to get some good sun, meet some interesting people, and find the good nightclubs, the bad clubs, and, accidentally, the gay clubs; five days was enough to drink a little too much, sunburn a little too much, meet too many strangers, and get a few too many of our belongings stolen. We left Fort Lauderdale as we left New England--under cloudy skies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Manifest Destiny: | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...executives with degrees from the country's leading business schools. The rest of the membership comprises medium-size mines owned by utility companies, as well as many small independent operators who employ as few as a dozen miners. Said one such owner in western Pennsylvania: "I drink beer with my men at the tavern. I know them well, and my father knew their fathers, all on a first-name basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Operators: Divided | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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