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Word: soured (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hurl myself into the breach in defense of Paul Ricard, inventor of the finest drink since sour mash [Feb. 25]. Your reporter, probably an undercover man for the W.C.T.U., has slandered the drinking man's Thomas Edison in saying that ice added to Ricard's pastis turns the licorice into a gooey glob. I modestly claim the record for annual consumption by an American of this delightful brew, and have yet to find a single glob in any of my well-iced drinks. Retract your calumny against this benefactor of mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 11, 1966 | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...past, the Communists have said little to suggest that their political war might be going sour. Now they seem all too painfully aware of the fact that, as the Hanoi radio grimly warned recently, it will be a "long, hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Dos & Don'ts | 3/11/1966 | See Source »

...Jewish humor has penetrated strongly into print as well. How to Be a Jewish Mother became a big seller, bought by a lot of readers who were neither Jewish nor mothers. Still, beyond the simple shoulder-shrugging caricatures and the throwaway Yiddish, the Jewish experience is flavored with some sour salt. "Jewish humor is supposed to be warm and familiar," says Movie Critic Pauline Kael, "but there's a lot of hostility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: AMERICAN HUMOR: Hardly a Laughing Matter | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...original comic talents left. As it is now, the choice seems to lie between the banalities of the TV screen and what are the frequent absurdities of the black humorists, a choice roughly comparable to that offered by a menu with only two items: vanilla pudding and a whisky sour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: AMERICAN HUMOR: Hardly a Laughing Matter | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...precisely at this point that the Crimson's play turned sour. Brown's shooting was red-hot, and they were able to shave the Crimson margin to as little as six points in the last minute of play...

Author: By R.andrew Beyer, | Title: Harvard Five Tops Brown, 80-69; Sedlacek's 36 Points Spark Win | 2/26/1966 | See Source »

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