Word: wining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...ever see such a fine car?" he cried to Paris reporters. Next day L'Oeuvre flayed M. Claudel as an economic traitor to the French motor industry, wound up by chastising him for not serving enough wine at his Embassy...
...commerce in [wine with America prior to] 1919 was appreciable," observed Editor Angel Herrera Oria, "but old figures are no indication now since American wealth has grown inconceivably since the War. . . . If these millions [of Americans] suddenly become consumers, we will find ourselves faced with a demand that will take a large commercial organization to meet since some people will have been excited by their long abstention and others of the new generation by the natural stimulation of curiosity concerning the unknown...
...true that years may pass before the Volstead Act is modified, but for the battle in the wine markets of the United States, which will perhaps open in a few weeks, the other wine nations of Europe are now preparing themselves. Spain must not let other nations get in ahead...
...reign of greatest popularity of the unicorn came during the Middle Ages. At this time a favorite pastime of Italian politicians was serving lethal wine to unwary rivals. During this era an office seeker's only hope of becoming the incumbent was to poison his rivals or to fortify himself with unicorn's horn powder...
Besides his ability to purify wine, which was the unicorn's greatest function in man's eye, he could also purify water for the forest animals. Upon discovering that a snake had poisoned a pool by spraying it with venom, all animals would await the arrival of a unicorn. He would touch the water with his horn, cleanse...