Word: wining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American delegation soon learned that it was not necessary to down a full slug of vodka for each toast at the formal dinners. Sometimes the toast could be drunk in a weak wine, sometimes it was only necessary to touch the glass to the lips. But when there was a "big toast"-to a nation or a chief of state-the glasses had to be drained. Vodka and wine were served at all meals, even breakfast. To make sure there would be enough, the Russians brought 14,000 bottles to Yalta...
...Control. In Washington, OPA announced that it would no longer regulate the prices of bird cages, aluminum horse shoes, ship bells, sleigh bells, artificial grass, poker-chip racks, safety air vents for wine fermentation, cat & dog beds...
...happy that the embassy to which I am devoted and for which I have worked for 14 years is going to be reopened under the Italian flag. . . ." For a few moments, it seemed as though Antonino was the real ambassador. He poured himself a glass of white wine and said: "It is a beautiful...
Cried Paris' famed funny sheet Canard Enchaêné: French lovers of the grape, beware! The Government plans "wine control!" Serious papers paid no attention. Frenchmen growled: Tu parles! (No kidding...
...awful fact was that the Ministry of Health, under Communist François Billoux, was pussyfooting a plan (some said a ten-year plan) to discourage the consumption of alcohol by a long-term rationing of wine. The Ministry wanted to encourage the consumption of fresh fruit juices, by promoting the soft-drink industry and setting up soft-drink bars beside village and city bistros. The immediate purpose was to conserve alcohol for military needs. The long-range purpose was to conserve the national health...