Word: scotches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with a side order of kishka. The triple decker "College Sandwiches" are well worth their prices, and bagels with cream cheese and lox are available (a rarity in this town). The adjoining maxi bar and lounge is comfortable and its booze is served at reasonable prices. (Try the scotch-and-milk...
...brand new $110 million inter-continental airport. Bordersville, which is about 15 miles from downtown Houston, was annexed by the city several years ago along with the land for the airport. But although the airport has everything from hot and cold running water to hot and cold running scotch, Bordersville has no running water, no sewers, and no paved roads...
...miserable homes of workers in Imperial Germany typically had one feature in common--a portrait of August Bebel, the leader of the German Social Democratic Party. The ghetto apartments of black people in America today share a similar feature--scotch-taped on the crumbling walls are three photos: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King -- and Robert Kennedy...
...average, over the past two decades, the value of newly distilled Scotch has doubled during the aging period. But lately, overproduction has watered down prices of some types as much as 40%. Prices for full-bodied malts, which give Scotch its smoky flavor, are strong now because of rising world demand; the Japanese, for instance, import malts to blend into such "Scotch-type" drinks as Suntory whisky. A supply glut, however, is still depressing the prices of grain whiskies, which are blended with malts to give Scotch its lightness...
...investor in Scotch is heavily dependent on his broker. No daily price lists on Scotch trades are published in the U.S., and the Securities and Exchange Commission has been unable to establish regulatory authority over the business, although it contends that the warehouse receipts are investment contracts. Scotch plungers also are prey to arcane worries; for example, if much of the investor's whisky evaporates in storage, the price of his barrel goes down. If all the uncertainties drive an investor to drink, he cannot even readily imbibe his own booze. To bring it into the U.S. he would...