Word: wet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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While the reforms were most loudly welcomed by rod-spared schoolchildren, they also stirred joy in English pubs, where a "single" Scotch or gin is usually one-sixth of a gill-barely enough, Britons grumble, to wet the glass. Henceforth, pubs will be allowed to dispense one-sixth, one-fifth or one-fourth of a gill.* But will be forced to display a sign saying clearly which measure they use. The greatest spur to thoroughgoing reform will undoubtedly be British membership in the European Common Market. In time, Englishmen may even order their mild-and-bitter by the liter...
Theodore Roethke: "Many poets are sometimes childish; Roethke, uniquely, is sometimes babyish, though he is a powerful Donatello baby who has love affairs, and whose marsh-like Unconscious is continually celebrating its marriage with the whole wet dark underside of things...
Republicans marched in a wet "torchlight parade" into their final "touchdown rally" last night. Democrats gathered for a jubilant "pre-election victory rally" at the same time several miles away...
...stood up for the kickoff. When we sat down the seats were wet again. The chill spread a bit farther. In front of us two guys were huddled together with Gordon Linen towels over their heads. They each took a swig from a bottle of rum. Dammit, I had forgotten the thermos of hot coffee...
...windswept, muddy terrain this weekend, it was a contest of who could stay on his feet longer, and who could kick harder. The Crimson opened the game with its familiar short passes and wing-to-wing feeds. The elements refused to cooperate: the wings lost their footing and the wet ball skidded past Crimson receivers to their opponents. In the first quarter, Harvard could manage only a few pokes at the Penn goal--slow dribblers that George Ralph scooped up with ease...