Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wine and cognac ads appear infrequently, vodka ads almost never, but the Liquor Trust recently ran an ad saying: "Bring your empty, cognac and wine bottles to the Moscow Liquor Factory...
...prohibitionists, Calvert Distillers Corp.'s men of distinction look more like limbs of Satan. The drys, who are trying to persuade Congress to ban liquor advertising in interstate publications, broadcasts, etc., argue that the "distinction" ads are bad for young Americans; they are apt to persuade youngsters that the way to achieve success is to have a Lord Calvert highball within easy reach...
...Mettle. In Troy, N.Y., Justice O'Connor suspended Robert Banks's sentence for public intoxication after the defendant confessed to drinking a concoction he called "scrap iron": a blend of sherry, rye and corn liquor...
Missing Persons. Next to its cheques, American Express is best known for its globe-circling guided tours, which provide transportation, hotel rooms and food (but no liquor) at fixed rates. The company makes its profit not by charging travelers a fee but by getting "wholesale" rates on hotels, etc., and taking a "retail" markup. This year thousands of Americans will take 167 different tours, ranging in price from $10.95 for a two-day trip through New York City to $2,338 for a 68-day jaunt through ten European countries. The most popular: two-week "Banner Tours" through the West...
...judged by its cover, but in the case of Wait for Tomorrow the publishers have made it almost easy. In the right foreground, out of a Dali-type desert, rises a stack of 85 gold coins. A kingly crown lies in the sand nearby, and a derelict liquor bottle dribbles into oblivion. In the distance a ridge of bloody mounds bars the way to a paradisiacal grove of cloud-pink skyscrapers...