Word: gals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unfortunately, there is no English counterpart to "guy," save "gal." "Gal" sucks. Conjuring up the image of a Nebraska cow-milker in overalls doesn't go very far in the Northeastern liberal boutique we know and love...
Washington was and remains the nation's leading consumer of booze, imbibing ) at last count 4.78 gal. of spirits and 6.41 gal. of wine per person a year. Nevada runs a distant second...
...government signed a letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in return for $4.32 billion in new credits through 1991. Among other things, the agreement promised an end to Venezuelan subsidies on an array of products, including imported raw materials and gasoline (at 13 cents per gal., perhaps the cheapest in the world). Exempted from the price hikes were 18 staples, including bread, rice and chicken. Perez also promised to raise fees for government-provided goods and services and to allow the bolivar to float downward on international currency markets, a move that would boost import prices...
...host of grape-hospitable regions whose weather remains remarkably stable from year to year. Chilean grapevines, of mostly transplanted French and some German stock, are unscathed by the Phylloxera that devastated Californian and European vines in the 19th century. With an annual output of some 70 million gal., Chile ranks 13th among the world's wine producers. Los Vascos, with a yearly capacity of 423,000 gal., is unusual among the country's vineyards in that most of its wines are exported to the U.S., Canada, England, Denmark and, yes, France...
Everyone should be covered automatically. Auto-insurance "premiums" should be added to the cost of gasoline. It would come to about 50 cents per gal., but there would be no other auto-insurance premiums to pay. You would be fully covered, after a $500 deductible. Collecting the premiums automatically this way would save a fortune in selling and administrative costs. And it would end the problem of people driving uninsured...