Word: wined
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...free will. It is a result of Communist pressure, making a political issue of an economic problem." Last week, as an old miner scrawled the number 34 on the calendar at the shaft head, the company ordered two of the four pumps feeding air into the mine cut off. Wine, liquor and cigarettes were removed from the food baskets going down to the strikers. As the air below grew staler, officials from three unions were deep in consultation with the mineowners up above. The unions agreed to accept the government expert's word. The company agreed to suspend...
...Wine & Strong Waters. In early practice, "consent of the governed" meant the domination of a conforming majority. "The brotherly watch of fellow members" soon degenerated into a terrifying apparatus of secret accusations and public confessions, where people's neighbors passed judgment on their real or fancied sins...
...extreme penalty-excommunication from the local church-often amounted to political exile. In 1640, Sister Temperance Sweet was cast out of the First Church of Boston for giving "entertainment to disorderly Company & ministering unto ym wine & strong waters even unto Drunkenesse & yt not wth out some iniquity both in ye measure & pryce thereof." In 1681, however, Sister Cleaves of Roxbury got off with a public admonition, although she had "corrupted Mr. Lamb's neger" so that "in a discontent" he had set two houses afire...
Champagne Cork: The United States Rubber Co. began production of a new all-rubber champagne cork which it says will stop costly leakage, keep the wine more effervescent, give a nicer pop when the bottle is opened. Price: about...
...occasional cheering spin through the vicinity in his car. At their next place of detention, a villa near Sulmona, they were allowed to stroll at pleasure through the countryside, guards at a polite distance. During these walks the local peasants would invite them in for a glass of wine...