Word: wined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President who behaves as if it's bad manners to introduce himself to strangers. On the campaign trail, he approaches voters with disarming politeness. "Hi, I'm Steve Forbes," he says softly, and then extends a delicate, manicured hand as though he's reaching for a wine glass. He doesn't plunge into crowds; he tiptoes through them, smiling apologetically, as if he doesn't want to be a nuisance...
...followed him in. "Mr. President," Christopher said to him, "you have a deal." With tears showing in his eyes, Milosevic said, "I'm so grateful, I'm going to put a big picture of you up in Belgrade." Christopher and the Serb president toasted each other with white wine...
...Vendian, just before nature was gripped by creative frenzy. Runnegar, for instance, is currently studying the fossil of a puzzling conical creature that appears to be an early sponge. M.I.T.'s Beverly Saylor is sorting through sandstones that contain a menagerie of small, shelly things, some shaped like wine goblets, others like miniature curtain rods. And Guy Narbonne of Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, is trying to make sense of Dickinsonia-like creatures found just beneath the layer of rock where the Cambrian officially begins...
When they finally get back to Los Angeles, George dispenses gifts to the crew, giving a bottle of wine to D. This angers Bobby because D., in addition to being his ex-girlfriend, has a drinking problem...
Think of the fancy dishes you slaved over that became disasters, big dishes that were lost in the late innings. Here's roast turkey, which tastes great, and all you do is baste. You melt butter, you nip at the wine, and when the turkey is done, you seat everyone, carve the bird, sing the doxology and pass the food...