Word: wines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...presidential trip is considered on duty at all times. Such agents are forbidden to drink beer, wine or liquor. But the Commission says: "After the President had retired to his hotel, nine agents who were off duty went to the nearby Fort Worth Press Club at midnight or slightly thereafter, expecting to obtain food; they had had little opportunity to eat during the day. No food was available at the Press Club. All of the agents stayed for a drink of beer, or in several cases, a mixed drink. According to their affidavits, the drinking in no case amounted...
...Constantine, the archbishop, his white beard bobbing, said: "Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches around thy table." The couple then drank three times from an enameled cup of wine, circled the altar in the traditional Dance of Isaiah as rose petals cascaded from the ceiling. As they marched down the aisle, a 101-gun salute began reverberating across the blue hills of Hellas, and all the bells of Athens began to peal...
Stroke of Genius. There was, however, something about Lovis (so known because he spelled his name, Louis, with the Roman form of u) that never was readily tamed. He was a beefy bon vivant who invariably kept two jugs of wine by his elbow during dinner. His lust for life got him the reputation of being Germany's Van Gogh, but the real sources of Corinth's robust energy were the ruddy-cheeked oils of Rubens, Hals and Rembrandt. An exhaustive retrospective that opens this week at Manhattan's Gallery of Modern Art (see opposite page...
...them to drinks). Ever since Bobby moved into the spotlight, the Q. Club has had difficulty getting its members to form a Quorum. Now Pickford has dispensed with Robert's Rules of Order. "Your admittance card is your wallet," he assures John Q. Public. "View the celebrated nudes. Wine and dine in one of America's most famous clubs." For $2.50 you can even get a Bobby Baker Steak Sandwich...
...marble is an American flag, for example, and in each one of the 48 stars of the flag-it's an old marble-is a map of a different district of Persia in the 14th century with a little symbol showing where is produced the oil, the wine, the camel dung, and so forth. All of these are reflected through the drop of honey and come back on to the blossom. Now, the artist works for years to get this exact color, and-marvelous to relate-he is able to. But does he paint that exact color? No. Because...