Word: vodka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...responsible for their own "perpetual subjugation"). What did Amin like? Beyond Washington's more conciliatory Third World policy, which he said "has lit, cleansed and inspired" the developing countries, his approval seemed limited to Uganda's tourist attractions. They included "the unforgettable waragi" (a local gin-and-vodka concoction) and "rare, huge but extremely shy gorillas...
With reference to your article about grain export to the Soviet Union [Aug. 18], wouldn't it be a good idea to offer liquid grain (vodka) to the Soviet Union instead of shipping them grain? This certainly should keep them in good spirits and would save their own grain for bread...
...star (James Coco) dropped out for gall-bladder surgery and another (Elizabeth Taylor) fled to a London hospital suffering from amoebic dysentery. Last week everything seemed back in focus as members of the crews and cast gathered at the Leningrad Hotel for a buffet of caviar and vodka. The hostess? The completely recovered Elizabeth Taylor, who displayed a previously unexploited talent for diplomacy. Said she: "If another opportunity comes up to be in a Soviet-American coproduction, I'll be pleased to accept the proposal...
...wigs, 70 white gowns for the ball in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, a 14-ft.-wide chandelier for Prokofiev's War and Peace, plus more than 350 tons of other props, costumes, turntables, snare drums (eight for War and Peace's battle scenes alone) and vodka for everybody...
...Fords were guests of the Shah and the Empress at a state dinner at the Iranian embassy. Along' with 64 others, the President and his wife savored a traditional Persian meal, including black caviar, lamb kabobs, rice with a duck and pomegranate sauce and head-cracking Persian vodka. Before leaving Washington for New York, where the imperial couple were to be the principal guests at a Pocantico Hills dinner given by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and his wife, the Shah and his Empress, along with 800 personal guests, attended a performance of the American Ballet Theater at the John...