Word: grapes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then there is the wine. Someone who was bred in New Jersey doesn't naturally develop an affinity for the grape. But even a brief residence in Northern California transforms the newcomer into a wine aficionado. Now I can't get enough of those Zinfandels, Syrahs and Pinots. Salut, Napa and Sonoma...
Despite this problem, the soloists who performed showcased great talent and vocal versatility. They gave a plethora of notable performances during the course of the0 night. Valerie Anderson served up a forceful, albeit politically incorrect, rendition of "Peel Me a Grape"--she was not honoring any boycotts--and her two other solos of the night were equally impressive. Katie Guillory's solos in "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" and "Don't Tell Mama" deserved highest praise, and Clancy Drake's smoother than smooth performance in "Scotch 'n' Soda" provided a delightful encore...
From missing Life cereal to the availability of grape jelly to suggestions about where certain items should be placed, students are making their wants and needs known...
...nearly unprecedented role of composer, lyricist and librettist for a Broadway show, Loesser adapted Sidney Howard's 1924 play They Knew What They Wanted, the story of a naive Italian-American grape grower who tricks a pretty waitress into marriage. The result, after five years' work, was The Most Happy Fella, a rich and deeply felt pastiche of popular and operatic vocabularies. If none of its 40-plus songs have quite the lasting power of Guys and Dolls' tunes, the show has an emotive force rare on Broadway; the feeling is big enough to fill an opera stage...
...their fruit-juice drinks. Such a rule would reveal, for instance, that Veryfine drinks contain only 10% fruit juice. It would also inform consumers that even the claims made by many cranberry and raspberry drinks to be "100% juice" are somewhat misleading: they are filled with deflavored apple or grape extracts that are little more than natural sugar water...