Word: hiccuped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trend is a sobering reversal of America's long-standing love affair with a social sip or two. By 1830, when citizens were feeling their oats on the frontier, absolute alcohol consumption was 7 gal. per capita, nearly three times the present level. After the 14-year hiccup of Prohibition ended in 1933, Americans began to drink less in bars, more often in their living rooms. Cocktails became synonymous with socializing. In fact, sharing a convivial cup to promote friendship and hospitality is a tradition older than the republic. Potent stout and rum flowed at the first Thanksgiving because...
About a big thirteen-year-old delinquent: he writes, "I wish I had caught him so I could have given him a few punches," yet in "A Grand Old Hiccup," he savages conservative Republican men who in other Royko columns display a similar longing to use their fists. At base, like all good newspapermen, his philosophy is a non-partisan, compassionate populism...