He refilled his glass nonchalantly in the silent grave of the room, tipped it at Arberg, and drank two mouthfuls of straight vodka.

He started drinking straight vodka.

Provalov tossed down the last of his straight vodka and filled the American in on the details, concluding, "What do you make of that?"

Most of that drinking is in the form of straight vodka or moonshine, both more potent and potentially more harmful than, say, wine.

"You can put some water in the tomato can, thin it out a little," he said, pouring himself a straight vodka.

He began drinking more than usual during the hearings, often working in his office all night sipping straight vodka.

Perhaps a straight vodka on ice this time.

His Honor filled a Styrofoam cup with straight vodka.

Markov had gone to straight vodka on ice.

It held a stiff three fingers of straight Russian vodka.