Word: liquoring
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...excise taxes except those on liquor, tobacco and gasoline were removed, said Ruml, the Government would lose some $3.4 billion in annual income. But no new taxes would have to be imposed to make up the difference. Reason: the present budget overstates tax needs by $12 billion. Ruml listed four ways the budget should be trimmed...
...brandy base with corn liquor added...
...Million in Publicity. This week, with the ponderous secrecy of an elephant sneaking across a skating rink, the great invasion began. Sixty state troopers were assembled at the town of Williams, Ariz, (ostensibly to attend a police school). They were joined by 30 deputy sheriffs, twelve liquor inspectors, five police matrons, six welfare workers, three judges, the attorney general and three assistants, and squads of reporters and cameramen. They set out in two motorized caravans. One string of cars swung into Nevada and Utah to approach from the north; the other cut across the Arizona strip to hit Short Creek...
...greatcoat, run, and play at cricket in this Dress, till quite exhausted by excessive perspiration, and the Hip Bath daily; eat only a quarter of a pound of Butcher's Meat in 24 hours, no Suppers or Breakfast, only one Meal a day; drink no malt liquor, but a little Wine, and take Physic occasionally. By these means my Ribs display Skin of no great Thickness & my Clothes have been taken in nearly half a yard...
...longshoreman's definition which still has some validity: "You gets any sort of craft you please, fill her up with liquor and see-gars; you gets your friends on board and have a good time-and that's a yacht." *Although, this week, on corrected time, the winner in the 32-boat fleet appeared to be the small (39 ft.) ketch Staghound. *Until the 1850s, both British and U.S. racing yachts were typically constructed on a "cod's head and mackerel tail" plan, i.e., full bow, lean, clean afterbody. The America, designed in 1851, reversed the plan...