Word: pub
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well as the nine-day Bachanalia on the island of Madeira in June. And if this seems a surfeit of baroque music, remember that June 16 is Bloomsday in Dublin, when admirers of James Joyce spend 18 hours retracing the steps of the hero of Ulysses from church to pub and onward...
Father: No. We need you to keep us in shoe leather. Off you go down to the factory. I'm for a pint at the pub...
...more solemn moments, the press likes to proclaim its devotion to the pub lic interest, but, as it goes about its daily routine, it is more prosaically concerned with what interests the public. In the support of some cause, the press may brave ly or stubbornly defy public opinion, but it never for long pursues topics the pub lic tunes out on. The Democratic campaign began much too early, the public quickly tired of the hassling that went on all spring between Walter Mondale, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson, and both conventions got only so-so television ratings. A public...
...parish and not have to ask, 'Well, what has the church ever done for me?' " Reynolds wanted a building that would be used night and day, offering something to everyone. And somewhere along the path of his Irish cogitations he paused at a friendly village pub, a place that draws people away from their television sets at night and gets them talking about themselves, their politics, their religion. The new parish hall at St. Henry's Roman Catholic Church would have a very special corner then. It would be called Henry's Hideaway...
Fans say that much of the bar's success can be attributed to Simpkins, who hand-picked the bands that played at his pub. "I think he would only play bands he though were good, regardless of how much money they would bring," said Barber. "He did a good job of bringing a lot of bands you wouldn't normally near around town...