Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...events," explains Waldorf Catering Director Lawrence Harvey. "In my set," says New York City Socialite Mrs. Thayer Gilpatric, "the tuxedo never went out." A century ago, however, the tuxedo almost got kicked out of Gilpatric's set. Griswold Lorillard -- scion, as social columnists would put it, of the tobacco Lorillards -- showed up in the rarefied regions of the country club at Tuxedo Park, N.Y., wearing a red waistcoat with his best bib and tucker. The incendiary vest was bad enough, but what really stirred up the swells was the inescapable fact that Griswold's tails did not have...
...contrast, was the true athlete. In high school, I'd reveled in the pain of competitive swimming, and developed a distinctive way of discharging tobacco juice from between my teeth on the baseball diamond...
...team consensus was to reduce the red ink by a total of about $115 billion. The teams called for raising about $38 billion in taxes; supporting levies on such items as beer, wine and tobacco; cutting $32 billion in defense, including funds for Star Wars; chopping $23 billion from Social Security and other entitlement programs; and taking $21 billion out of domestic programs like farm price supports. Said Senate Budget Chairman Pete Domenici: "They are a couple of steps ahead of us." Of course, none of the participants are running for re-election...
...days of yore is debatable. The return of Paley provides a powerful symbol of continuity at the tradition-minded network. But Tisch, though a respected executive, has no experience in broadcasting. As equal partner in Manhattan- based Loews Corp. with his brother Preston Robert, Tisch controls holdings in hotels, tobacco and insurance worth an estimated $17.5 billion. His CBS appointment immediately raised the question of how he would balance the demands of public service and the bottom line. On that score Tisch offered quick words of reassurance. "I'm really wearing two hats," he said in an interview with TIME...
Even so, illicit drug use had become so deeply entrenched that it continued to permeate all levels of society, particularly the youth culture. While still illegal, drug use became socially acceptable in many quarters. Pot was smoked as openly as tobacco in some city parks and on street corners, while police looked the other way. Newly popular man-made chemicals like phencyclidine, better known as angel dust or PCP, drove users into violent frenzies, making the myth of wild-eyed drug fiends, which had been scoffed at by '60s college students, a horrifying reality...