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...broken. But dinner was an elegant beef bourguignon. Caryl showed the foresight of a veteran trekker, never mind kick turns, by pulling a bottle of Jack Daniel's out of her pack. Simmie Salembier, 42, a caterer from Los Angeles, turned out to have a canteen full of rum. Aching muscles told the day's history, and would retell it more insistently the next morning. Outside, stars snapped in the clear sky, just as they are supposed to do on mountain trips, and inside, feet wiggled in sleeping bags. For the Sawtooth voyagers, this day's chapter ended early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hut, Two, Three, Four | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Kupersmith Florist has set up an elaborate window display of bonsai plants and white lights which has "attracted a lot of attention," according to manager Al Brown. Emack & Bolio's has stocked up on holiday ice cream flavors including egg nog, rum, candy cane and the old traditional yuletide desert product cranberry ice cream...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: It's Christmastime in the Square | 12/10/1985 | See Source »

People who put rum in their Classic Coke and drive Chevys with large back seats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dull the Pain | 10/15/1985 | See Source »

Bosses increasingly frown on employees who smell of liquor after lunch, and aggressive yuppies, some of whom have turned to the coke spoon instead of the bottle, fear that booze will slow them down. "You can't run on the fast track with demon rum eating at your stamina," says Sam Wolfe, a recent University of North Carolina law school graduate. "I can't remember a single business meeting in a long time where anybody's had a drink," says Warner LeRoy, owner of New York City's Maxwell's Plum. When someone orders a stiff one, "a mental trigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Water, Water Everywhere | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

...Taylor wines, along with some 100 other spirits. To woo the yuppie sweet tooth, many distillers are marketing unusual-flavor drinks much lower than liquor in alcohol content. Bailey's Original Irish Cream Liqueur (whiskey, chocolate and cream) and Hublein's Long Island Iced Tea (vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec) are successful examples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Water, Water Everywhere | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

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