Word: liquorous
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...01—the Western Hemisphere’s version of the World Cup—and though the game is exciting, I’m much more entertained by my surroundings. I’m not in some rowdy sports bar downing shots of the local liquor or at one of the theaters watching the game on a movie screen...
...fans so much pleasure that day may, in the long run, ensure that St. Catherine’s Street will never again erupt with chants of “Yankees suck!” at three in the morning. The same exchange rate that brought Red Sox fans cheap liquor is pressuring one unprofitable Canadian sports franchise after another to scurry across the border. And the misperception that the Expos’ fan base is inadequate, believed by all levels of the corporate hierarchy, will prevent any real initiative to save the team...
When night falls outside the sprawling Kadena Air Force Base in the center of Okinawa, the streets turn into a bacchanalian fest of hard drinking, loud music and raucous, sweaty dancing. American servicemen are on the prowl for liquor and a good time. The local girls, Okinawans and Japanese, come out too, looking for some fun with the buff, dollar-rich and female-deprived American boys. Tattooed guys in muscle shirts and cargo pants rub against women in midriff-baring Tshirts and tight jeans, and as the crowd spills from bars onto sidewalks, the night shifts into hormonal overdrive...
...earth do you do that? Various surveys have shown that determined minors have a relatively easy time getting their hands on liquor, even if it's not kept in their own homes. They find adults who will buy it for them, or they use fake IDs, which today are widely available on the Internet...
...mean my daughter will. That scares me. But parenthood in general scares me. Something else scares me too: the idea that if I skip the porch talk, one day, after catching my daughter in her first big spree, I'll have to confront her about lying to me about liquor while knowing inside that I've been lying about...