Word: wining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Henry French Hollis who, as U. S. Senator from New Hampshire, ardently supported and voted for the 18th Amendment, returned from 13 years in Paris. Said he. "It is true that I am considered by some people throughout Europe as rather an authority on wine...
...children over there, too . . . wouldn't dream of saying, 'Oh, shut up, pop' or 'Scram' to a grey-haired parent. No modernism about them. . . . The way they drink, too! Can you imagine a people that just fiddle along with an occasional sip of wine, instead of getting plastered...
...Isle of Paradise, first saw Bali when he was working in Cunard Line's advertising department, preparing advertisements for world" cruises. He went back with a camera, found it easy to bribe natives with rings, shirts, hardware, to perform. One mishap occurred: 15 Balinese, tipsy on mild wine and carrying a cremation tower, ran over him and his camera. His picture, the leisurely record of a six-month visit, is beautifully photographed and has the warm, informal authenticity that most travelogs lack. Good shot: a Balinese youth (Trego's valet, who refused to leave Bali for any salary...
...that friends thought should satisfy him for the rest of his life-chief of the Ministry's Organization Department. Apparently he was devoid of ambition, a confirmed bachelor with a ready smile and a fund of smoking car stories. He delighted in large pale cigars and French red wine. He went stag hunting every autumn and celebrated every kill with a carefully chosen dinner. Last year three things happened to change his entire life. To the amazement of social Berlin, confirmed Bachelor von Schleicher married his cousin, became a Generalleutnant, and developed political ambitions...
...Carbondale, Ill., Herman Rushkorff, farmer, was accustomed to drink wine in his cool cellar until he fell asleep. Last week wine-bibbing Herman Rushkorff dozed, fell with his face in a puddle of wine one inch deep, drowned...