Word: cognac
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among Frenchmen the familiar U. S. paradox of a rich man "dry as a matter of business" but socially wringing wet is significantly turned inside out by Cognac Tycoon Jean Hennessy. "As a matter of business" M. Hennessy spends millions to extol the virtues of "***Hennessy," probably the best of large production brandies. Mixed with equal parts of Italian Vermuth, famed "***Hennessy" becomes the surprising and delicious "Ponce de Leon Cocktail," a beverage of smoky, tingling undertaste-and bland, stimulating potency. It is said that M. Hennessy conceived the "Ponce de Leon" as a shrewd means of booming "***" above English...
...bottle of cognac...
...linked with M. Cognacq's name is the differently spelled Cognac, the name ol a town in southwestern France where potable, exhilarating cognac is made...
Next day before the 300 proceeded to Cologne, hip flasks filled with cognac were presented to all members of the party, after they had been led by candle light through miles of wine cellars. A ballet of genuine Rhine maidens subsequently performed in one of the great cellars. Mrs. James Walker, wife of the Mayor of New York City, and an honorary member of the hotel-tour said: "This beer is the best I ever tasted...
...Secretary. Fresh from his province, little Jean Jacques Brousson gulped with awe, despite bracers of cognac, on the morning of his first interview. He hid behind France's library ladder, fled unnoticed among other callers. France sent for him, took to his shyness. "How much do you earn?" "Nothing." "I will double your salary." And the master was rewarded for his kindness by modesty, honesty, devotion. Translator Pollock is admirably literal...