Word: wined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some people love dinner-party brawls. They hope, under the influence of several glasses of wine, to score a Churchillian bull's-eye along the lines of "Yes, madam, but tomorrow I shall be sober!" It never happens...
Which leads to a central truth: there is no such thing as an interesting drunk--ever. Do not drink more than two glasses of wine, three at the most. After more than that, you think you are funnier and more charming than you are. I once sat next to New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan at a formal dinner and watched him consume three double Scotches, five glasses of red wine and three glasses of port, after which he got up and gave the after-dinner speech. The 6-ft. 4-in. Senator swayed above...
...ancient times, they asked, "Who is your God?" A generation ago, they asked your religion. Today your creed is a preference. Preference? "I take my coffee black, my wine red, my sex straight and my shirts lightly starched. Oh yes, and put me down for Islam...
Ball was a lithe and inventive physical comedian, and her famous slapstick bits--trying to keep up with a candy assembly line, stomping grapes in an Italian wine vat--were justly celebrated. But she was far more than a clown. Her mobile face could register a whole dictionary of emotions; her comic timing was unmatched; her devotion to the truth of her character never flagged. She was a tireless perfectionist. For one scene in which she needed to pop a paper bag, she spent three hours testing bags to make sure she got the right size and sound...
...first year, an invitation was sent out tohave wine and cheese parties at every House,"Jellis says...