Word: dargent
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Jeroboams of joy are also bubbling over in Champagne country, where the wine is already pressed and fermenting in the limestone caves. Some experts predict that 1976 will be the best year since 1893. Joseph Dargent, head of the Champagne Growers Association, exults: "The only thing that could change it from a truly remarkable vintage is an earthquake that would topple the barrels and spill the juice." Happily, earthquakes in Champagne are about as common as truffles on trees...
...hands of the executive committee of the Athletic Association, they have unanimously decided that it is against the precedent of the association to allow a bout to be postponed except when a bye occurs, and inasmuch as Mr. Blodgett's wrist was in such a condition that Dr. Dargent could not have allowed him to continue sparring on Saturday the 22d, the final bout and prize in the light weitht are awarded to Mr. Bradley...
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