Word: vat
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...headquarters, Distillers Co. Ltd. is hardly a household name. Yet on its own and through a large family of subsidiaries, the company produces more than half the Scotch sold round the world, and its bottles carry most familiar labels: among them Johnnie Walker, Haig, Dewar's, Vat 69, White Horse and Black & White. The company also dips in a big way into gins and vodkas -producing, among others, Gordon's and Booth...
...adventure, Malraux was a 22-year-old cubist poet. He and Clara were very broke, following a highly unartistic attempt to make a killing on the Bourse. Intrigued by archaeology, especially by a little-known Cambodian temple called Bantéay Srei on the way to Angkor Vat, Malraux got permission from the French colonial administration to explore. Off they went first-class-without a sou for the return trip. When they finally found Banteay Srei, says Clara, "It was a kind of Trianon in the jungle...
...isolated that they pounce at the sight of a girl. "If it's a blind date, you'll remember in no time what you left at home: your mother." At Johns Hopkins, the boys are likely to be "pouring a minor (you) another glass of Vat...
...with his wife, the Davises, and other embassy types. The group staggered to bed at 3:30 a.m., but was up within a few hours to fly on to Prague. There, Gronouski grilled Ambassador Outerbridge Horsey, popped in on a French industrial exhibition, sampled the brew at the Action Vat (a beer hall), prowled the heights of Hradcany Hill, and finished up with a 4 a.m. breakfast at the Jalta...
...competition, even the beer itself is changing. Once, as the industry saying goes, brewmasters worked with "one hand on the vat and one hand on God," gave little thought to customer tastes. Now many customers want lighter beers like the "champagne of bottled beer" pioneered by Miller of Milwaukee, and brewmasters (who prefer heavier beer) are changing the proportion of malt, hops, rice and corn grits to provide it. One holdout is New York's F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. "We're willing to forsake all those people who drink a can of beer once every two weeks...