Word: wines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rolling restaurant one toque in the Gault-Millau Guide. After dinner, Chef Ranvier gives one impressed guest his recipe for le foie gras de canard cuit naturellement. At brunch, rocketing through the broad plains of northern Italy, there is an exceptional dish of small chickens with Albufera sauce. The wine cellar on wheels is more than adequate. The train pulls into Venice...
...China (Tenor Neil Rosenshein) and his wife Annabella (Soprano Sunny Joy Langton); an ominous interview between China and his moneyed friend Orchis (Tenor Michael Fiacco), whose threatening nature is underlined by a snap-pizzicato line in the low strings; a good-natured, bibulous ensemble lauding the joys of wine. In his handling of the choruses, Rochberg is especially skillful; indeed the final chorus, extolling the virtue of confidence, recalls the Falstaffian spirit of Verdi. For the interpolated minstrel show-the liveliest and dramatically most effective scene, although almost entirely unrelated to the rest of the work-Rochberg has composed memorably...
...three-martini lunch has always been more of a political symbol than a business reality. Probably the most common drinks these days at executive lunches from Manhattan to Malibu are Perrier and white wine. John O'Toole, chairman of New York City's Foote, Cone & Belding advertising agency, was bemused by the Senate action. Said he: "I get a dismal sense of déjà vu. Didn't this happen just a few years ago?" Harry Poulakakos, owner of Harry's at Hanover
Trespass is not illegal under English law; criminal intent must be proved. Since Fagan did not threaten to harm the Queen, he was charged with stealing half a bottle of wine worth $5.40 during an earlier visit to the palace on June...
...that section of the act deals with, among other things, the passing on of secret codes or documents to a potential enemy. A Russian-language specialist, Prime had worked at GCHQ from 1968 to 1977. He then left voluntarily and subsequently held jobs as a taxi driver and a wine salesman in the town of Cheltenham. At the time of his charging a fortnight ago, he was unemployed. His trial is scheduled to begin in November...