Word: chianti
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among the more than 1,000 types of Italian imports on sale were everything from umbrellas and Provolone cheese to calfskin pocketbooks and Chianti. Macy's, working with the Italian government, scoured Italy for products it could sell in the U.S., tagged the affair Italy's "second Renaissance," invited other stores to set up their own foreign-trade fairs...
...head the ball, headed each other instead, and fell senseless to the ground. This produced the greatest enthusiasm of the day among the crowd, who rose cheering clapping and laughing. It was the signal for the lady next to me to produce a large bottle of Chianti and pass it around to her neighbors...
...Coke ingredients which had nothing to do with licorice. "Have you," Pretti asked, "ever tasted Coca-Cola?" Said the taxi driver: "Once-and never again." Said Pretti: "Ah, but you must try Coca-Cola in the wine." He produced two bottles and poured them into a glass of Chianti. Two of the customers tasted the mixture. They approved of it cautiously. As Pretti left they were ordering another round. "You see," said Pretti outside, "that is the system. You have to keep talking...