(Johnson and Carver shared frequent and copious drinks in Iowa in the 1970s). Whitman is a Carverian ex-husband pummeled by remorse for his assorted disloyalties.
"Ocean's Eleven" is mainly interesting today as a disinterred time capsule of period clothes and sexual attitudes: there are the solid-color cardigans and narrow black ties; the copious drinks poured neat; the cigarettes thoughtfully smoked, as if they contained wisdom that could be dragged out of them; the pushy women quickly disposed of.
There were copious drinks, Uber rides in a black Suburban, and many hidden keys.
It is often aided by nice clothes and shoes, as well as best done after copious drink on an empty stomach.
The holiday is observed with fanciful costumes, plenty of food and copious drink (although the party bus served only iced tea and water, because many students are under 21).
The title is taken from the Lunar Society, a discussion club that met monthly in Birmingham around the time of the full moon (thus ensuring light to get home by, after copious drink, meals and above all talk).
In the "Transactions" of the Medico-Chirurgical Society oforondon for 1847, there is a table that lists, alongside height, weight, age, and other factors, the "attributed proximate cause" of dramatic increases in weight: "copious weak drinks," "marriage," "going to India," "becoming a coachman," "taking mercury for syphilis," "too little to do," and, simply, "irregular life".
The list includes the fallacy that everyone rides a bike, practises tai chi at regular intervals and drinks copious amounts of green tea.
He has been described as a "refined and, in the opinion of some, insufficiently temperamental professor" who nonetheless "drinks copious quantities of coffee".
I have a relative who drinks copious quantities of a caffeinated diet beverage because she hates coffee and tea, but wants to consume caffeine throughout the day.
It's believed they "ritualistically [ate] cacao off each other's skin during sex, and the Aztec emperor Montezuma... drank copious quantities of a chocolate-based beverage to enhance his virility".
