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Word: muscadet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right to these allegations. As you know, there are two kinds of FBI files: raw and refined. Raw files, which should be taken with a fresh acidic wine such as Muscadet or Sancerre, contain the most salacious and lewd rumors gleaned from the most untrustworthy and reprehensible scum on earth. Their original function was to provide amusing bedtime reading for J. Edgar Hoover (which is why he kept them in the bureau). Today they enable the FBI to keep U.S. crime statistics low by threatening to give the media the raw files of anyone even thinking about going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ol' Black-and-Blue Eyes | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

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