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Vodka


~ VODKA  id+ | WATER LIKE |
^u       sug> AQUAVIT
         sug> AGUARDIENTE for
  "FIRE WATER"
  ukr VODKA from VODA for WATER
  A STRONG DESTILLED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
  USED MOSTLY BY SLAVIC POPULATIONS
  hx> THE USSR SUBSIDIZED THE PRICE OF VODKA
      PERHAPS WITH THE INTENT TO "SEDATE" THE
  DISCONTENTED PROLETARIAT
  biol> ALCOHOL IS A STRONG
        see> TERATOGEN or CAUSE OF
  BIRTH DEFECTS AND MENTAL SUBNORMALITY
  IN GENERAL  ALCOHOLISM IMPACTS NEGATIVELY THE
  REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS OF A POPULATION
  ply> | BOLSHEVIK POLICIES FAVORING VODKA
         RENDERED THE PROLETARIAT LESS PROLIFIC 

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