Word: wines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...referred to as "Sobat Club Med," it boasts an airstrip, swimming pool, hospital, club and a French school with 40 European children. Cheese and fruits are imported from France. Says Christian Coupechoux, the project director: "Sometimes we run out of beer and whisky, but we never run out of wine." Still, life is grim. Armed bandits, holdovers from the Sudan civil war of 1955-72, harass workers. Illness is rife; Coupe-choux's predecessor died early last year of malaria. Even more distressing are the unrelieved isolation, heat and monotony. Says Pierre Blanc, the project's technical director...
Along the way, he seems to have met everyone. He knew Stravinsky, he knew Picasso. He knew Joseph Conrad and Gertrude Stein. He knew fine wine, he knew fine art. Most of all, it seems, he knew women; his two-volume autobiography is almost as much a recounting of amorous conquests as musical triumphs. "It is said of me," he once told an interviewer, "that when I was young I divided my time impartially among wine, women and song. I deny this categorically. Ninety percent of my interests were women...
...Dillingers, who represent the Unevangelized Fields Mission, a conservative Protestant agency, have helped the Danis make Christianity their own by blending it with local customs and practices. At worship, Danis use sweet potatoes and raspberry juice instead of bread and wine for Communion, and sing hymns they have written themselves...
...jobs in 1983. Even the much touted high-tech industries are feeling the pinch. The electronic-components field had back-to-back growth rates of 18% in 1978 and '79, but will probably close out this year with a 1.4% drop in sales. And the usually sparkling California wine industry reports sour grapes: only one-tenth of 1 % growth in shipments over last year...
Although trifle is traditionally made in a large bowl, a more convenient method is to prepare approximately six separate servings using clear plastic cups of similar containers, such as deep wine glasses...