Word: wined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wife" in the offices of the Falangist general; the conversation on "three ways to get a woman" in the plane; the idyllic night in the woods of Compiegne; and the contrast as war and day break over the forest--these are the delicious drops in a goblet of directorial wine. It is a picture with a mood--and only the martial music of the final few moments mars the perfection of the whole...
When Jimmu got lost among the coniform hills of Japan, he conjured up a huge three-legged crow to guide him and his warriors (begat by whom, no one knows) to fruitful places. Jimmu made jars out of Mt. Kagu, filled them with rice wine, placed them in the River Nyu, and when the drunken fish wobbled to the surface, he said good times were coming. A kite of brilliant feathers perched on his bow and dazzled his enemies' eyes out. Then one day in 660 B.C. he acceded to the world-throne-i.e., Japan...
...were as full of symbolism as the Freudian moon is of green cheese. Of Elements Which Cause Prostitution Mr.Smith explained: "The land is cushioned -the bowl has the sponge-the fern has futility-the anchor of hearts is ashore-the vulture disembowels. Salvarsan needles to the shamefully stricken-the wine is spilled-both eagles fly to the rescue. Shamefully she stands knee deep in classic water-her body eaten and pitted with holes. The preventative balloon trails sandbags. The body stands dissected by extant medieval concepts." Even without this explanation, the medallion still said enough about prostitution...
...ease or difficulty with which body heat is disposed of. In cold, dry climates the disposal is easy. This stimulates people, tends to make them grow faster, to protect them against infections. In the Dark Ages, when the Temperate Zone's climate was much warmer than now, wine grapes grew in England, cereals in Iceland, men were poor specimens-short, sluggish, easy victims of plague...
...Scholars have done a wide variety of work, ranging from teaching a Sunday school class of middle-aged women to bottling and selling wine, "a conventional job" according to its holder, "made a bit more lively, perhaps, by the commodity which I was handling...