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Word: aquavit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Carl Gustaf Ekman and his People's Party. He used to be the village blacksmith of Munktorp in drowsy Vastmanland. As he shod horses he talked Temperance. After a while he began to write with devout Lutheran fervor against what Englishmen call brandy, Frenchmen eau-de-vie, Swedes Aquavit. Five years before the War, Munktorp's literary blacksmith took the road to greatness, accepted a call to Eskilstuna, where the owner of the Eskilstunakurirers made him Editor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: New 12% Cabinet | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

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