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...Queen Mary appeared and smiled benignly on the bustling scene. Under fluorescent lights, on 26 miles of counter, lay samples of nearly everything Britain produces-from jewelry, and tennis rackets strung with nylon, to men's suits made of plastic fabrics and dolls that could take a swig from a milk bottle, blow bubbles and weep realistic tears. A group of British models displayed highly exportable bathing suits. Britain's Socialist government begged British businessmen to get in there and pitch a good, hard, competitive game. The New Statesman and Nation's Sagittarius drove the point home...
Pisco, a powerful grape brandy, is a Peruvian national institution. Haughty hacendados and barefoot Indian peasants swig it at births and wakes; special bottles are kept tucked away for anniversaries and visits from old friends. Its type and flavor depend largely on the grapes from which it is made; Peruvians say they can tell something about a man's character by the type he orders...
...prove to Iowa legislators that hog cholera virus might kill hogs but was harmless to human beings, the Iowa Farm Bureau's Attorney Carl ¶ Stephens downed a swig on the spot. He suffered no ill effects, but (as a possible carrier of hog cholera) was urged to stay away from hogs for at least 19 days. ¶ Shoving an 1,000-ton barge, the Federal Barge Lines' diesel towboat Harry Truman chuffed valiantly from New Orleans to St. Louis, failed by one hour and 17 minutes to match the 79-year-old record (three days...
...Bottle. During a speech to a country audience, Munoz once stopped to take a swig from a Coke bottle. "That's our man!" somebody yelled. "He drinks ,from the bottle!" "Wait a minute," Munoz broke in. "If you vote for me just because I drink from the bottle, you'll start voting for everybody who drinks out of bottles...
...grin. It contrasted with the bellicose look of his tousled mop of hair and two-day growth of beard. The champ dunked his swollen hands in a hot pail of water and said: "We gettin' good, real good, ain't we? Gimme that bottle." He took a swig: "Ahhh-damn good. Lemon juice, honey and brandy. Warms up the body. I don't drink though, really I don't. Here, pass it around...