Word: tavernes
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...sense, Congress is reflecting the mood of a nation that cannot understand all this upheaval. Its response is that of an ignorant tavern brawler. It lashes out to batter this strange opposition, to squash it so it won't be a problem anymore...
Only twice does this contrast come through--a scene in a local tavern where everyone gets good-and-old-fashioned drunk, and then Faustus tries to show off his black arts. Suddenly the division is there--everyone watches Faustus uneasily. He is a stanger; he is not one of them; he is damned...
...very pleasant place either. The only businesses are barrooms and army-navy uniform stores. One tavern, which the neighbors call "The Bucket of Blood," was the scene of a gangland murder a few years ago. There's another tavern, which they call "Dodge City," that is supposed to be a little bit safer. Then there's another bar called Frank the Gook's. In Frank the Gook's you can buy anything you want. Lined up with the bottles on the back part of Frank the Gook's bar are all sorts of things. Timex watches, kid gloves, candy bars...
Further up the street, closer to the potato sheds, is another little bar named McNulty & Grogan's McNulty & Grogan's is what they call a "family tavern," meaning that the management encourages a quiet sort of clientele and that it doesn't want any trouble. Outside, on the front door of the tavern, is a sign that reads: "McNulty & Grogan's Tavern: Near the potato yards, come in and meet the real spuds." There's a Separate Entrance for Ladies with Escorts...
...liquor store has displaced the tavern as the principal purveyor of wine and spirits; grocery stores now vend 80% of the nation's beer. Another way of saying this is that most U.S. drinking-about seven-tenths of it-now takes place in the home. Male drinkers still predominate, 77% to 60%, but the ladies' preference for lighter drinks and their sheer presence, has put a governor on the drinking capacities and intentions of the surrounding males...