Word: liquor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...market is there. U.S. wine consumption has increased by almost 60% in this decade. This year or next, for the first time, Americans will down more wine than hard liquor.* Wine already outsells spirits in nine states: Arizona California, Idaho, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington...
...part-time basis. FBI field agents asked her to get to know Lusis and his companions in hopes of obtaining information. She got to know one of the students and joined the group for a drink, then stayed with the party as it moved to another apartment, where more liquor was served...
...things that were building up inside of me finally let go and I flipped out. I broke into my father's house and stole $400 cash and about $50-100 worth of liquor and I tore the house...
During that period, the behavior of the hijackers became increasingly erratic and menacing as another deadline approached. At one point, they tied the hostages' hands behind their backs with stockings and doused them with the remaining liquor aboard, apparently to help fuel the flames if they set the plane afire. The terrorists later untied the hostages, after being told by a West German diplomat in the control tower that Bonn would release eleven prisoners and fly them to Mogadishu. Mahmud consulted his "committee" and agreed to put off the deadline once more, this time until 2:30 a.m. Tuesday...
...Rosalynn Carter's assistant, is quite firm in her conviction that not a single martini has been mixed in the White House since the Carters arrived. It was Rosalynn, after all, who said out loud that she really enjoyed seeing "people kind of squirm" because there was no liquor served in the White House...