Word: sipped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...slow-talking, easy-going man from Montana thinks the party is fine. Robert Burns, who raises sheep and cattle on three ranches out West, drove in through the year's hottest days to shake hands and sip cocktails...
...mostly city folks-traders, bankers and bus drivers who have exported a little bit of Britain to South Africa. Against the Boers' fervent nationalism they have no spiritual counterforce. So long as they are making money (as they are), British South Africans tend to sit back and sip their tea while the Boers make the politics. And in their hearts many of them agree with the Nationalists' persecution of the Negroes. "The Dutchmen can handle the coons" is a frequent British attitude...
Consisting of three parts, the last test determines taste. The first part is the initial impact on the tongue and lips, with the tester taking a tiny sip and describing it as puckering, earthy, or acidic...
...student, who is working for his M.A. in Law and Diplomacy, said after a sip, "Neumann is a fascinating man, but if it wasn't for that coffee I'd be dozing now." Taking four courses in the three divisions of Law, Economics, and Diplomacy, writing a long thesis and preparing for written and oral exams left him little time, even for sleep...
...boarded-over statue of Eros to ward off the drunks who always want to climb it on such occasions. At the Savoy, a gilded party of 2,000 (including Noel Coward, Cecil Beaton, Merle Oberon and Sharman Douglas) joined Press Lord Viscount Camrose of the Daily Telegraph to sip champagne and watch a private bulletin board...