Word: liquorous
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...They found a populace unhappy not just with being tallied but grumbling over how they were counted. Prostitutes were outraged that they had been categorized as beggars, so too were jailed criminals, smugglers and the all-important makers of rotgut liquor. (Census officials say it's because their jobs contribute nothing to the national economy, not because their activities are illegal.) India's highly visible transsexuals, known as hijras, came close to burning their saris when census officials would give no quarter on gender and listed them as men. The country's estimated 30 million Christians charged that they were...
Granted, the track record for alcohol-serving establishments in the Square may seem daunting, so it may well be that Daedalus will become the most popular attraction on the block by default. Thankfully, however, the bar-restaurant has a lot more to boast than just a liquor license. The owners promise a menu that includes scrumptious meats (including anaconda, the snake featured in the hit song of the early '90s, "Baby Got Back") and an upstairs lounge that sports plush chairs and a groovy dome window...
...community--six individuals under the age of 21 who, despite their tender youth, had been served alcohol at the Grille. And on Feb. 27, investigators for the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission recommended what will seem to many Cantabridgians the ultimate punishment: a temporary suspension of the Grille's liquor license...
...these few flukes aside, has always served alcohol only to those mature enough to enjoy it properly. We earnestly beg the commission to show mercy to this shamed institution, to allow it the chance to rebuild its good name and to refrain from imposing a temporary suspension of its liquor license...
...hedonistic odyssey in Rides of the Midway (Norton; 316 pages; $25.95) involves eye-popping quantities of liquor and drugs. Those pursuits leave Noel increasingly at odds with the God-fearing Southerners around him, particularly his stepfather, who looks remarkably like Billy Graham. Mississippi-raised author Lee Durkee portrays his hero's feckless dissolution with considerable comic flair and a sharp eye for regional manners, good and bad. There isn't much profundity on display here, but readers will finish the book feeling they've been treated to quite a ride...