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Word: liquored (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the years the border has occasionally tightened up like a vise. During Prohibition, for instance, American officials tried vigorously, and sometimes violently, to stem the flow of bootleg liquor from Canada. Dr. Gilles Bouchard claims that when he examines some of the aging farmers in the region, he still finds bullet-wound scars. "I'll ask where they got them," he says. "They'll just shrug and tell me they used to run rum into the States...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Partly in Vermont: A Borderline Case | 8/13/1979 | See Source »

...After a couple of transitional pieces, including a bitter account of Nixon's first inauguration, he plunged full-fledged into gonzo with "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Deparaved," a hilarious and brutal tale with Thompson in the starring role, English illustrator Ralph Steadman as side-kick, and the liquor-filled aristocracy of Churchill Downs as the venal side of America...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Going, Going, Gonzo | 8/7/1979 | See Source »

...worked for." At the St. Louis offices of the Arthur Andersen & Co. accounting firm, a senior officer reported: "We just turned the thermostat down. In a couple days they'll come around and turn it up, but then we'll turn it back down again." Insisted a liquor-store owner in Boston: "When they turn the air conditioning off in the White House, then I'll turn up my thermostat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trying to Sweat It Out at 78 | 7/30/1979 | See Source »

...restaurant, which plans to serve take-out food and liquor, will begin renovations on the Holyoke St. property as soon as the building is vacant...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: More Bookstore to Move; Holyoke Center Rent Hike May Force Owner to Sell | 7/27/1979 | See Source »

...Varsity Liquor and the Wine Cellar also sell alcoholic substances, but you can get a better beer selection at Broadway Market on Broadway or Martignetti's on Soldiers Field Road...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Elites Meet to Eat, Read and Rock and Roll | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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