Word: quart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep it up, a man might have to drink a quart of milk every day of his life. It is no accident that the American Dairy Association has financed Researchers Campbell and Petersen...
...contenders stepped up to compete for his crown. Each deposited ?2 on a table as a sign of good faith, then, at a signal from the local referees, they went to work. At the end of 45 minutes, Contender Eric Forster was well out in front, with a full quart of brandy inside him. He groped unsteadily to his feet, demanded recognition as the new king, fell to the floor and, three minutes later, died. This was the big chance for Willie Jardine, who poured himself a final tumblerful and, like his rival, downed it in one gulp. A moment...
...Cabinet voted to increase its buying up of wine and distribute it in weekly rations of about a quart apiece to the country's "economically feeble," i.e., paupers, sick people over 60, everyone over 65. The Cabinet also recommended that the Defense Ministry increase by 50% the army's ration, now a pint of rough red pinard a day. In doing so, the government neatly canceled out former Premier Mendés-France's campaign to cut down on winebibbing among the soldiery. By Mendés-France's order, the serving of milk is obligatory...
GIANT MILK BOTTLES, first introduced on a large scale several years ago, are overtaking tbe standard one-quart size in U.S. homes. So far in 1955, says the Glass Container Mfrs. Institute, dairymen are selling 20% of all fluid milk in either two-quart or one-gallon bottles...
White Lightning is produced from a mash of 85% corn. 15% malt -no rats, snakes or lye. It is aged less than 30 days, and then the aging process is stopped by storing it in uncharred. paraffin-lined barrels. At $4.40 a quart ($2.25 a pint), it costs less than most aged amber whiskies but slightly more than moonshine ($3.50 to $4 a quart). North Carolinians snapped up the first consignment."Man," said one satisfied customer last week, "that's just like I was raised...