Word: tonic
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...center of the cabin, barking at his campaign organizers, laughing at the pratfalls of the traveling press, sucking on Callard & Bowser butterscotch squares for his strained larynx, and showering the floor with the devoured pages of the day's newspapers. All the while a comely stewardess rubbed Frances Fox tonic into his luxurious shock of hair, a zealously tended political asset...
...would like to bring the money "quietly" into the U.S. At first the banker responds cautiously. "This money isn't, ah, tainted, is it?" When the American assures him it is not, the officer of the Curacao branch of the French-owned Credit Lyonnais Nederland smiles and orders another tonic water. In that case, says the banker, he can arrange a so-called Dutch sandwich...
...agents two tables away, while a posse of reporters and TV cameramen waited outside. Two months have passed since the State Department accused Bloch of contacts with a Soviet agent, setting off a circus of public surveillance but no formal charges. Yet as Bloch sipped a vodka tonic and spoke angrily of the "F Bureau of Incompetents," he seemed little changed from the career foreign-service officer I have known for more than 28 years. "I guess the bottom line is they don't have a case yet," he said...
...duty. Denis' taste for "g & t" (gin and tonic), chums and golf is no secret. When he is not busy escorting his wife, he can frequently be spied on the exclusive golf course in Dulwich, the sedately elegant London suburb where the Thatchers own a large, two-story brick house for their retirement. After a round, he invariably speeds off to the clubhouse for a natter and a snort. He even launched a popular campaign against slow golfers with the argument: "After all, the quicker you finish your round, the more time you will have for a pint...
...them into their mouths. Seeking to emulate a pioneer woman, Lucy opened an oven to remove freshly baked bread -- and was pinned against the sink by a loaf 8 ft. long. At long last hired for a commercial, she grew increasingly malaprop attempting to pronounce Vitameatavegamin, the 46-proof tonic she was touting, and swigging, at each take...