Word: sourly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Liquor is a steady seller. "Everything goes at Christmastime," said a Varsity Liquor Shop clerk, pointing to the newly filled shelves. A Harvard Provisions salesman called Jack Daniels Sour Mash popular. "And we can't get enough of it," he added...
...another sour note can be struck immediately without ruining the rest of the piece, the introduction provided by Ruth Nanda Anshen is a mighty blast, especially for such a small trumpet. In her forward to the series, (Miss or Mrs.?) Anshen manages to embrace the Declaration of Independence, the rights of man, the United Nations' charter, Ruth Benedict, Buddha, and the hobo party platform in a prospectus with little perspective...
Shenanigans & Sour Mash. Happy's shenanigans will probably have little effect on the Clements-Morton battle, in which even Republicans concede that Earle can more than take care of himself. But in Wetherby's case, where help is sorely needed, Happy's tactics are hurting, and Cooper is leading...
This, as Happy's acquaintances see it, is just as Happy wants it. With Wetherby downed, Kentucky may have a G.O.P. Senator in the capital, but it will also have Chandler at home, brewing a political case of sour mash to quench his senatorial thirst for Cooper's seat...
...when audiences went sour on all the high-flown words, Operettist Rudolf Friml sweetened them up with some pleasant, sugary music. The Vagabond King ran for 511 performances on Broadway, and had every high-school tenor in the country gargling such sentimental favorites as Only a Rose, Someday and The Vagabond Song. Hollywood made a movie of the musical in 1930-not to mention two film versions of the McCarthy play in 1920 and 1938-and now the poor poet's corpse has been dug up once again...