Word: madeira
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These days the talk is likely to turn quickly to the question of independence. As mainland Portugal drifts toward leftism, the conservative Azorians are beginning to think so seriously about establishing a breakaway nation that some are already calling the islands the Atlantic Republic of the Azores and Madeira...
...arrangements, should be respected. But then, not so long ago he was saying that the Communist Party would not insist on nationalization either, and while he might bide his time on NATO, nobody expects him to do so indefinitely. Rumors persist that the Soviets are seeking refueling facilities in Madeira for their fishing fleet, a move which would hardly sit well with NATO...
...suffered a stroke. (Salazar died in 1970.) To emphasize the continuity of power despite the coup, the general went to Lisbon's Portela Airport the next morning to bid farewell to Caetano, Thomaz and their senior Cabinet Ministers; they were jetted to exile on the tourist island of Madeira...
Army appears strongest in the dash where Bob Best and Ernie Madeira are heavily favored. Cadet Cort Bivens will be the man to beat in the 600, with Harvard's Nick Leone and Bill Oakerman trying to do the beating...
...strong tea), or "balanced" (with just the right combination of acid, tannin and alcohol). They can be "big" (with a detectable heaviness on the tongue, not light or watery), "clean" (absent of extraneous tastes like cork or oak), "flinty" (dry and sharp), "full-bodied" (thick, robust), and "maderise" (from Madeira; turned slightly brown with age, past the prime). They can be "petillant" (slightly sparkling or effervescent), "thin" (deficient in alcohol or body, watery), or "woody" (with an overbearing taste of oak from overlong storage in the cask...