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...liquor industry has kept a low profile, though there is some concern over "neo-prohibitionism" and the return of the old image of demon rum. "For most people, alcohol is something that makes life a little bit more pleasant," says Robert Beleson, president of Remy Martin Amerique. The distillers and brewers have taken no position at all on the raising of the minimum drinking age or attempts to limit hours of taverns and liquor stores. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States has stepped up its ads counseling moderation, and still voluntarily keeps liquor commercials off television. Says Duncan...
...After the 14-year hiccup of Prohibition ended in 1933, Americans began to drink less in bars, more often in their living rooms. Cocktails became synonymous with socializing. In fact, sharing a convivial cup to promote friendship and hospitality is a tradition older than the republic. Potent stout and rum flowed at the first Thanksgiving because the Puritans feared contaminated water...
Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) lives in New Jersey. Her husband sells hot tubs and makes a fool of himself on his TV commercials. Her diet-conscious friends drink rum and Tab. A romantic interlude for her consists of watching Rebecca on the Late Show. This is no life for someone who keeps a diary and looks like a new-minted movie star. No wonder she spends a lot of time leafing longingly through the personals column of a New York City tabloid, in particular mooning over a free-floating couple, Susan and Jim, who arrange their assignations, all over the country...
...next afternoon while we all sat on a booze cruise sampling rum soda, none of us could figure out what had happened to Caroline the night before, but we felt sure she had declined Tony's offer to live on his yacht (sailing to Colombia) for the next three months. Suffice it to say that she was seen wearing a silk nightclub jacket for the next three days...
...auction House members sold some 53 goods and services, ranging from 24 hours of slavery to a Bermuda Rum Fizz party to throwing pies iin the faces of six people...