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Word: carpano (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...Italians have taken to business gift giving with a frenzy, heavily favor French champagne or Italian spumante, Scotch and cognac. Martini & Rossi, Cinzano and Carpano all send out packages or cases of their best vermouth. ENI, the government-owned petroleum combine, gives champagne in decorative holders; IRI, the industrial combine, sends cases of high-quality Maccarese wine. No one cleans up in Italy like the Italian police. Companies have taken up the custom, long observed by the populace, of giving them presents at Epiphany. One result is that on Jan. 6 it is often difficult to spot a traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: The Business of Giving | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

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