Word: saloon
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...health-insurance bill is likely around the bend. It will no longer be as expansive or cheap as some wanted, but it will help millions of folks. Above all, we should not forget the historical moment. We’re at a turning point, and if we end the saloon-style sideshows we can make sure a new era for the American people—and a new era for trust in government as a force for good—arrives with a bang and not a whimper...
...where the action is. The Kennedys of reality were as much a part of the tempestuous truth and hard action of the 20th century as any single family. It was an immigrant century, and Joseph P. Kennedy sprang from that soil. His father P.J. Kennedy was a prosperous saloon owner and ward boss in the hurly-burly of the Boston Irish. It was the urban century, long dominated by men like John (Honey Fitz) Fitzgerald, the machine mayor of Boston whose daughter Rose married Joe and became the Kennedy matriarch. It was the century of the Roaring Twenties...
While protesters in certain states may have the right to carry weapons to spots near presidential visits - and the Secret Service may blanket the President with protection - Petro says the guns' presence changes the atmosphere surrounding such events. "They're intimidating people like it's a western saloon," he says. And the weapons could turn a verbal clash between demonstrators into a shoot-out. "In a heated atmosphere," Petro argues, "it's a recipe for disaster." Most critical, according to Petro, author of Standing Next to History: An Agent's Life Inside the Secret Service, is the message the guns...
Last week, thirsty Utahans rejoiced. After decades of applying for "memberships" at local bars so they could legally drink alcohol, adults in Utah can now stroll through the doors of any saloon by simply flashing their ID. For a state that forbids happy hour, ordering doubles, putting more than 2.5 oz. of liquor in a libation and mixing cocktails in front of restaurant-goers, the new law, which took effect on July 1, was cause for celebration. One enthusiastic entrepreneur organized a crawl to mark the occasion; participants donned T-shirts emblazoned with the initials D.U.I. (for "Drinking Utah...
...more open and accessible (read: cheap) celebration. Obamamaniacs take note: while the ten balls won’t be the only festivities of the evening, they are the only ones that the Obamas and Bidens are guaranteed to attend. Bars: Old Ebbitt Bar and Grill, the oldest saloon in Washington, is close to the White House and across the street from the site of Rhodes Tavern, the watering hole where British generals toasted one another as Washington burned in 1812. During the inauguration, however, Washington nightlife will be alive and well: bars will be open all night and serving alcohol...