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...analyses of "Sam Thompson pure rye whiskey" has revealed that it had in it sufficient diethylphthalate, a denaturant causing nausea, to render the liquor unfit for consumption. This is not merely one isolated case, for I think that most of the cheap so-called blends are not only undrinkable slop but also contain quasi-poisons that give the after effects a peculiarly harrowing quality; many have found that on the morning after even the mildest imbibing their heads were apparently filled with large and elaborate firework displays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 2/23/1934 | See Source »

...records of bringing down enemy planes, and then he goes to pieces after killing a young German aviator who had down over the American camp to bring a note telling that a wounded American aviator was on the way to recovery and in the hands of friendly Germans. More slop and pre-civil war wisecracks until the war ends, and the Ace of Aces returns to the yellow as yellow chalk girl. Richard Dix continues to be the worst ham actor on the screen. Nevertheless, we like him; he is consistent...

Author: By G. R. C., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 1/5/1934 | See Source »

Were it not for the clever direction of Lowell Sherman and professional acting by the cast, I should throw up my hands and shout at the scenario writers in Hollywood and ask you to help show the overconfident, overstuffed producers that you are nauseated with their slop by staying away from "Broadway Through A Keyhole." But hysterical ranting is ineffective, and we should be thankful that the rank reality of pedicular dialogue is obviated by some delightful touches by Mr. Sherman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/26/1933 | See Source »

Curse of Revered Confucius be on miserable University stop Harvard's Westcott must not be soiled with 3.2 per cent slop stop beer facts may bock up depressed in your country but not in bottle scarred Orient stop predict you will find officials at lagerheads stop they cannot seidel out of its stop wire money or Cooney Oriental must stay removed in absinthe stop. Hu Flung Huey

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blase Bottle Buster Bored By Breathless Baby Beer Barons | 3/28/1933 | See Source »

...beer bill, it made three changes: 1) a cut in the alcoholic content to 3.05%, the British tax standard for non-intoxicating beer; 2) inclusion of 3.05% wine, slipped in by California's McAdoo despite the universal opinion of vintners that such "wine" would be slop; 3) a prohibition on beer sales to minors, which would in effect give Federal agents supervision over state distribution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: April Beer | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

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