Word: ginning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...President Félix Gouin's state luncheon, Ernie Bevin tried to link the nations with a "peace cocktail": one-half English gin, one-quarter Russian vodka and one-quarter French vermouth. Gastronomically, at least, things were vastly improved: Gouin's guests ate homard parisienne, poularde du Mans à la broche, pommes noisettes, asperges de Lauris-sauce mousseline, fromages, parfait Grand Marnier, mignardises, accompanied by white Burgundy, red Bordeaux, champagne, coffee, . Armagnac, Benedictine and Cointreau...
Straight off, they began to bellow You Are My Sunshine. Some sailors joined in self-consciously. Three fat men playing dominoes in the corner glowered and clicked their pieces resentfully. A thin charlady drinking stout and a fat one drinking gin sang at the top of their quavery old voices...
...your attitude that is doing so much to prevent people from realizing that jazz has real musical value. You want to think that hot jazz fans are immoral alcoholics, taking those reefers out of their mouths just long enough to take another slug of gin. It makes a much better story, no doubt. . . . When you print material on jazz, you should carefully consider whether or not you are unconsciously slanting it toward what the public (that foul-minded public) wants to hear...
...Buffalo, the sensation-of-the-week was one Edward O'Dea, who toured downtown gin mills after having publicly taken a poke at U.S. Senator Jim Mead. Fort Worth had something to goggle about, too. Publisher Amon Carter. Fort Worth's native sun, moon and stars who embarrasses even Texans by his Texasity. had reserved two whole floors of the Blackstone Hotel for guests at his daughter's wedding. In Atlanta, the Tulip Show made wonderful conversation: it had been necessary to import 45,000 plants because local flowers had bloomed two weeks too soon...
Government liquor-store operators sold a 26-oz. crock of gin, rum or wine every 27 seconds from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Beer supplies were soon exhausted: sales were estimated at 10,000 glasses in a day. Because many a farmer had left his meat ration coupons home, grocers had a field day. Said one: "I sold more bananas and sardines than I'll ever sell again one day if I stay in business 100 years...