Word: wined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kaiser or Old Paul von Hindenburg ever had such a birthday. Despite his expressed desire to spend the day quietly in his little Alpine cottage near Berchtesgaden he could not avoid the attentions of his delirious followers. They roused him with flowers, they roused him with telegrams, bottles of wine, boxes of cigars (Chancellor Hitler does not smoke, drinks nothing stronger than beer), Easter eggs, Westphalian hams, lumps of sugar for his police dogs. Back in the Chancellery in Berlin the presents came in by the carload. Sofa cushions were the most popular, there were over 1,000 of them...
...than a seat in the Cabinet. When he did not get that, he picked out Rome and the U. S. Ambassadorship there as his reward. Last month after a call at the White House he gleefully anticipated: "I can imagine nothing nicer than a gondola, a bottle of Italian wine and somebody singing 'O Sale...
...probably used from 1792 until 1798. They were fashioned from ivory and gold by Dr. John Greenwood of New York who had considerable correspondence with the toothless President about them. Dr. Greenwood advised rubbing the ivories with a cedar stick or chalk if they got too dark from port wine. If they got light, he said, soak them in broth, liquor or porter...
...Majestic has captured a wisp of sentiment in the life of Franz Schubert, transplanted it into Vienna in April, woven around it Romberg's adaptations from the "Moonlight Sonata," "The Unfinished Symphony" and lighter tunes, and prettified the whole with gay beaus, 1820 hats, Mitzi, Fritzi, Kitzi, wine and outdoor cafes...
...restrictions as Austria puts on tires and shoes, Belgium on sugar and silk knit goods, Germany on lard and butter. Last week France, sensing a turn in the tide, planned to lift quota restrictions on U. S. radios, asparagus, apples and pears-a move strongly backed by the French wine interests with eyes fixed on the U. S. market after Repeal of the 18th Amendment. The London Conference will not discuss specific rates but its prime purpose will be to stabilize tariffs so that exporters will know what they are up against from month to month, year to year...