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Even before the 8:00 a.m. train has left South Station, a well-built middle-aged man draws a bottle of scotch from the pouch of his Harvard sweatshirt and swallows the first mouthful...
FAVORITE DRINK: The Franklin Fizzie (one part Dewar's Scotch, one part Hood milk, a dash of Quaker oatmeal, a cherry fizzie and a scoop of scrapple...
...Europe in 1921, did Hirohito try to step out of his court-ordered way of life. Seeking to emulate Edward, Prince of Wales, who had entertained him with considerable bonhomie in England, Hirohito threw a party for old school chums, who got uproariously drunk on a keg of choice Scotch and obeyed Hirohito's request to forget formalities. Next day an imperial adviser scolded him roundly for his breach of caste rules...
...industry. Housing is in short supply, and high-rise apartment buildings are going up to accommodate a metropolitan population growing at 2% to 3% a year; it now stands at 150,000. Wages are high-for some skills twice those in the U.S.-but so are prices. Scotch costs $3.50 a shot, discouraging noisy sprees by roustabouts and divers and keeping Stavanger almost as quiet and staid as ever. Because of Norwegian taxes, a Toyota shipped from Japan costs $9,500, as much as a fully equipped Cadillac in the U.S. Cigarettes are $1.50 a pack, and groceries are double...
Since 1972, the American impact on Aberdeen has been increasing relentlessly. On Union Street, the shopping center, Dunn & Company, hatters, now carry Stetsons, and Grocer Hamilton Ross stocks Jack Daniel's and Old Grand-Dad next to Glenlivet malt Scotch. For Southern U.S. tastes, there are jalapeno peppers, barbecue sauce and Smucker's blueberry syrup...