Word: wining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jovial Dr. Alfred Bilmanis, Latvian Minister to the U.S., had been a pet of Washington society. In his comfortable 17th Street home, he loved to relax over a mellow wine and a fine cigar, converse in any of six languages. But when he attended formal diplomatic parties, as he did frequently, he became a thorny symbol. The State Department had never recognized the armed annexation of his country by Russia. Russian diplomats bitterly resented his presence at White House functions, coolly declined invitations on the grounds of illness if he was to be present. "Bilmanitis" became a Washington gag. When...
...Stockholm, Sweden's King Gustaf V turned 91. His traditional birthday fishing party was rained out (the day before he had landed a five-pound pike with no help from anyone); so he celebrated indoors, with a half-bottle of red wine for lunch, and a visit from great-grandson Prince Carl Gustaf, 3, who brought flowers and homemade birthday candles...
When he was last at home on Long Island, blond, blue-eyed Dan McCarthy couldn't forget the wonderful time he had as a G.I. in Germany. He liked to sit up late with his memories, listening to German records and sipping wine by candlelight. In March, he sailed for Europe on the S.S. America. At the U.S. consulate in Frankfurt he said he wanted to renounce his U.S. citizenship. "I cry inside when I think about America," Dan confessed, "I'm homesick for my mother and the subways of New York, but my destiny lies here...
...First, the university's special police raided a beer party at the Deke house, and the chapter house was ordered closed from June 15 to next February. Then, the cops attended the Sigma Phi spring formal, nabbed ten couples (of the 50 couples at the dance) drinking white wine in the basement...
...lifted its diplomatic sanctions against Spain, that the West was extending a friendly hand. Twice Franco had postponed the opening, and rewritten his speech, waiting for U.N. to act. When U.N. voted to leave the anti-Franco resolution on the books (TIME, May 23), Franco's holiday wine turned to vinegar...