Word: wined
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increase, it did not specify precisely how those new levies might be raised. One ploy Congress is almost certain to consider, though, is a steeper "sin tax" on such items as alcohol and tobacco. A congressional study has estimated that raising the federal excise tax on each bottle of wine and six-pack of beer by around 50 cents could swell coffers by more than $4 billion, while a 16 cents increase on each pack of cigarettes could bring in $2.9 billion...
This invitation was constantly repeated. Elvis next showed a slide of a young woman, and warned students "not to fuck with the god of wine." To illustrate the dangers of this, he projected another slide--supposed to be the result of "one weekend with the god of wine." It was a slide of an old woman, a beautiful woman, one with a lot of dignity. But apparently it is impermissible for women to age, to be no longer an object of sexual desire. So Elvis incited the crowd to laugh at this woman, and, to its shame...
...recent screening of "Night School" and shorts by Boston filmmakers, admission included wine, cheese and discussion. Just try to get that atmosphere at the concession stand of your local multi-screen cinecomplex...
...notes, "French and Italian movie moguls can't do business without a cigarette in their mouth." Such reasoning does not satisfy restaurant owners. Vito Sasso, proprietor of the romantic Romeo and Juliet, argues that he too has foreign customers, citing one wealthy visitor who orders several $500 bottles of wine for a dinner tab of $4,000 -- which adds up to a month's rent. "He won't come in anymore because he can't smoke," moans Sasso. "That's like doubling my rent...
...holiday. Following an ancient ritual, after sundown on Monday evening they sit down at the Seder table to retell the story of the Jewish exodus from slavery in Egypt. They recall their ancestors' tears with salt water and bitter herbs and eat a sweet concoction of nuts, apple and wine to commemorate the mortar with which slaves once cemented bricks. The anguish of captivity is recounted in the text of the Haggadah, and the joy of freedom celebrated with song...