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Word: liquored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them niggers boy?"). Most white visitors who find themselves in New Jerusalem are there by accident, having strayed off Country Road 21 on the way to Greensboro from Akron. The only white faces that appear regularly in the town are those of county sheriffs, looking for moonshine liquor...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: For Over-All Misery, Alabama Wins Handily | 9/25/1968 | See Source »

Utah (4): A liquor-by-the-drink issue will bring out a heavy Mormon vote, fattening Nixon's already wide margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Handicapping the Presidential Stakes | 9/20/1968 | See Source »

...Damascus Gate, they smashed the windshields of Arab-owned taxis and damaged parked cars. Several Arab passersby were chased and severely beaten -and so was one young Israeli who was mistaken for an Arab. Shops and cafes were damaged, and one howling gang broke into an Arab-owned liquor store and shattered practically every bottle on its well-stocked shelves. At the height of the rioting, an Israeli girl shouted: "This is what the Arabs deserve. Five bombs in one night is too much." Busloads of police finally drove the mob back into the Israeli sector, where they continued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Uneasy Neighbors | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

...home in the same way that countless parents start their children drinking. One San Francisco attorney turns on all three of his children, including his six-year-old. Still other parents respond by taking a kindlier view of early drinking, in hopes that their children will find liquor an acceptable alternative to pot. That ploy often fails, mainly because so many youths are convinced that marijuana is less harmful than "juice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Family: Pot and Parents | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

...pills and boluses calculated to cure almost any known ailment, physical or mental. There were worm cakes and a highly touted microbe killer ("Will prevent LaGrippe, Catarrh, Consumption, Malaria, Blood Poison, Rheumatism and all disorders of the blood"). There was also an elixir "guaranteed to destroy all desire for liquor" and a magical tonic called "Peruvian wine of cocoa" that was recommended "if you wish to accomplish double the amount of work or have to undergo an unusual amount of hardship." Arsenic wafers were offered to tone up the complexion, and an "electric ring for rheumatism" (85?; goldplated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Wishing Book | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

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