Word: worded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Anheuser-Busch is encouraged that during the test-marketing of Michelob Dry, word of mouth prompted a strong demand, particularly among women. Some of their capsule comments: "smoother," "very refreshing," "no beer aftertaste." The nation's other big brewers have adopted a wait-and-see attitude about dry beer, mindful that sales of Michelob's other brews (regular, light and dark) have recently fallen off. Ultimately, the fate of the new dries depends on the taste buds of the nation's 129 million beer drinkers, who can be both fickle and brand loyal all at once...
...wasn't a diplomat. I was an international civil servant, which is a completely different thing. I don't like the word diplomat, actually. The ordinary person thinks of people in striped pants at a cocktail party or at a green baize table engaging in circumlocutions about serious matters. I was brought up between the wars, in a very dreary period of European history. I had always wanted to work for the League of Nations, but it went out of business before I got into the game...
...help of Rachel Rossow, who works for the state's department of children and youth services in the oxymoronic capacity of consultant and saint. Except at this monthly meeting, in one of their homes, they don't talk about what they do. They use pseudonyms and avoid the word AIDS, especially around the children. They don't want neighbors shouting epithets at them. Some of them have not told their families because they want to be welcomed at Christmas dinner, or because they're afraid a daughter-in-law will stop bringing the grandchildren by. "They say we have nothing...
...over," an army spokesman told reporters about 10 minutes after eight people were seen leaving the aircraft. There was no word on whether the eight crew members who were freed had been injured during the ordeal...
Asked whether Morris mentioned the word "virus" in their conversations, Sudduth said, "I can't recall exactly whether...