Word: pints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...onetime champion was biding his time, waiting to put away his opponent, as previously advertised in most Metropolitan sport sections. The crowd pleaded tearfully "Stay with him, Mickey, stay with him boy!'' But those whose view of the match was not distorted through the bottom of a pint flask realized that the tide was turning. They were right...
...hideous waste of money to build Mr. Garner's postoffices. But radical it would not be. The pork barrel is one of our most ancient institutions. . . . Mr. Garner's money lending plan was a cruel deception; it was like offering everyone a drink out of a half-pint flask. His projects reflect upon his judgment but they do not challenge the foundations of the existing social order. . . . Mr. Garner's measures would simply make capitalism work somewhat more badly than it is now working. . . . He is the sort of man who, finding his car stalled on the road, would think...
...York and Philadelphia stores as an experiment. The ice cream will be sold as A. & P's own brand under the name Yukon Club. In addition several novelties made by Eskimo Pie Corp. (controlled by U. S. Foil Corp.) will be handled. The price will be 20¢ a pint against a current competitive price of around 30?...
...Defeated (55-10-26) a bill introduced by Connecticut's Bingham to legalize beer containing 2.75% alcohol, to be taxed 2? a pint for revenue purposes...
...Defeat (216-10-132) a proposal to raise $350.000,000 by legalizing 2.75% beer and taxing it 3¢ per pint...