Word: quart
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...sent them an allowance of only $8 a week. Chambers' mother developed a fear of prowlers, and took to sleeping with an ax under her bed. Chambers himself was soon tucking a knife under his pillow. Chambers' brother became an alcoholic, and killed himself by drinking a quart of whisky and cushioning his head on a pillow inside an oven...
...divided them into two general groups. Nonproblem drinkers include the "occasionals" (45 million), who drink less than a pint of whisky each month, the moderates (6 million), whose intake is about three-quarters of a pint a week apiece and the social drinkers (7.5 million), who account for a quart each per week. Problem drinkers are weighed by the day. Pre-alcoholics (4.1 million) each drink just under a pint a day, while the full-fledged alcoholic (5.4 million) drinks just a little bit more...
...Quart of milk...
...storied corps that for 130 years had fought France's worst battles, from the Crimea to Dienbienphu. Today's legionnaire is a downright gentleman compared with his counterpart of the old days, who greased his feet, wore no socks, lived on bread, cheese and a quart of red wine. But none ever better earned the nickname "the Legion of Death" than the present (mostly German and Hungarian) legionnaires, who took 10,000 casualties in Indo-China, 1,236 in Algeria. "Scram, carrion!" a guard shouted defiantly to newsmen last week. "You will not see the Legion...
...drinkers, who like to drink out of Mason jars, the South's traditional moonshine container. After dickering with the Treasury, Viking got permission last month to put its corn likker into Mason-jar fifths (retail price: $3.50 to $4.50, depending on the state, v. about $4 for a quart jar of moonshine), has watched its sales suddenly jump. Last week Georgia Moon was selling in 20 states. "It shows," says Viking General Manager Sidney Witlen, "that in a business where 85% of the output comes from four giants, there is still room for a small distillery. All you need...