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Word: klimenti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seated at a table under a large picture of Marshal Klimenti Voroshilov, the ensign heroically ate his way through an eight-course meal (including caviar, crabmeat, mushrooms, capers and sturgeon), rose repeatedly to respond to vodka toasts. Three hours after he had arrived, he retrieved his cap with dignity from under a picture of Stalin and walked firmly down the gangway, carrying himself like a piece of priceless porcelain and bearing farewell gifts of caviar and whale's teeth. "Don't bother our distinguished guest," said genial Host Solianik to pier-side reporters. "He's still enjoying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: URUGUAY: Skoal! | 4/23/1956 | See Source »

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