Word: teas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course people were using drugs (mainly marijuana and LSD) before, but never before could you drop by a record store and find racks of psychedelic records, by groups like the Mothers of Invention and the Grateful Dead. Never before could you go down to The Boston Tea Party (get the name) and see the show and watch it happen in the corner. And more than that, never before could you eat at the Freshman Union and hear them talking grass right there in the open...
...questions about finances. They began arguing for a shifting of priorities, that is, girls' preferences before financial needs. Mrs. Bunting told them that the final decision would come from the College Council and suggested that they meet informally with Council members. Before their May 1 meeting, three trustees had tea with selected girls to discuss non-college housing. When a spokesman for the girls called Mrs. Bunting to learn what conclusions the trustees had drawn from the meeting, she said that discussion was over, that an "impasse" had been reached because the Council had decided it was financially impossible...
Britain's press dubbed it "Chichysteria." The phenomenon quickly produced tea towels, bone-china mugs, picture postcards, model boat kits, jigsaw puzzles, health foods and even pink panties emblazoned with a black anchor-all in tribute to Sir Francis Chichester. The gaunt, 65-year-old mariner, whose solo circumnavigation of the globe ended last week, became the hottest commercial property in hero-starved Britain since Twiggy...
...incentive. Under socialism, there is little difference between the wages of skilled and unskilled workers, and almost no difference in pay between the worker who sweats over his machine and the nonworker who would rather flirt with shop girls, chat with colleagues, or take innumerable breaks for coffee, tea, snacks -or rest. Many workers even have their morning papers delivered to the factory, where they can read them with more leisure than at home...
...record and music industry which unconscionably countenances subtle or downright salacious lyrics." McLendon carefully limited his attack to that "irresponsible minority," mainly British rock singers such as the Rolling Stones. "I must take a stand," he said, "in favor of a rather updated version of the Boston Tea Party. Two centuries later, I suppose we might call it The Wax Party'-one in which we purge all the distasteful English records that deal with sex, sin and drugs...