Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...children (two by his first wife, four by his second) in another car behind him. Folksy Folsom campaigned as "the little man's big friend" and won in a walk. He said nothing about segregation, won both the Negro and white-supremacy vote. He pleased prohibitionists by denouncing liquor ads and delighted drinkers by hinting of price cuts in the state liquor stores...
This year, however, the University has failed to produce those upheavals which lend themselves to the turgid word and the stuffy phrase. One could, perhaps, be pompous about the No Liquor at Football Games rule; we have been, as a matter of fact. But it is easier at this point to admit candidly that 1954-55 has been a year of inconsequentialities and review it with that in mind...
Pitcher. In Boston, finally arrested after his third robbery of Macy's liquor store in less than 24 hours, Gunman Edward M. Diamont, 29, observed amiably to irate police: "I guess I went to the well too often...
...national health insurance went into effect in Sweden, replacing voluntary plans which (with state aid) had covered 65% of the population. To extend coverage to all citizens, the state will now triple its payments, to $150 million a year, and will raise the money by an unpopular hike in liquor taxes. Unlike the British system, which foots the entire doctor's bill, Sweden's plan will pay only 75% and calls for direct contributions by individuals (a man earning $2,000 will pay $36 to insure his family). Costly drugs will be free and many prescriptions will...
Lesser Evil. In Portsmouth, Ohio, Judge Lowell Thompson dismissed a drunken-driving charge against Robert Fortenberry, 32, after hearing Fortenberry's explanation: in his home state of Georgia, police confiscate an auto if liquor is found in it, so rather than lose his new car after a traffic mishap, he drank the half-pint of whisky he had under the seat...