Word: wined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great Left Bank establishments, such as Les Deux Magots and Le Flore, thrive by serving up literary nostalgia to tourists; even off the beaten track, visitors still find the city bristling with humble neighborhood cafes and their newer manifestation, the wine bar. But among the natives, the statistics of decline have prompted a cry of alarm, with newspaper articles and even a television special deploring the slow extinction of le zinc. A government poll showed that 62% of the French feel cafes are an "indispensable" part of life. A festival at the Paris Videotheque inventoried 110 films centered on cafes...
...Clear and Mennen Lady Speed Stick Crystal Clean. No more of that opaque green stuff. Dishpan hands these days go for Procter & Gamble's lucid Liquid Ivory -- clear soap in a clear bottle -- over white Ivory detergent. Booze? Vodka is in, or maybe a glass of light white wine, or a beer in a clear glass bottle...
Believe it or not, this is wine country, home to the Grand Traverse Vineyards...
...consenting on oilseeds, the E.C. beat a Dec. 5 deadline, when U.S. tariffs would have tripled the cost of European white wine. Had American white wine not provided such a clear market alternative to imports, the stalemate might have disintegrated into a costly battle of tariffs. Though French President Francois Mitterrand, who must still face his nation's angry farmers, may balk at the agreement, U.S. President George Bush hailed the accord as a "breakthrough" that would bring a "comprehensive, global and balanced agreement" on trade that much closer for the 108 nations participating in GATT's Geneva negotiations...
Does the N.R.A. know about this? One Tex-Mex place features waitresses who shoot tequila and mixers from little pistols. Now waiters in elegant eateries are wielding pepper guns. Watch out for coffee, tea and wine guns. And duck...