Word: wining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most important factor, Snyder suggests, is not how much Jews drink but how. From the eighth day of his life, when he is circumcised, the Orthodox Jewish boy is surrounded by religious ceremonies (Redemption of the Firstborn, Bar Mitzvah) that involve the drinking of wine. In addition to holy days, each Sabbath brings three Orthodox rituals involving wine. Excess is avoided because "drinking thus occurs in the presence of the most powerful sanctions in Orthodox Jewish life." If so, does drunkenness increase among Jews as they leave the Orthodox faith? Snyder's statistics indicate that there is a slight...
...with diamonds like an operatic Venus." Above, "weaving spells" at the head of a secret staircase, sat "the Magician" who was Emilie's lover, the notorious M. de Voltaire. When a bell announced suppertime, the company gathered in a dining room devoid of servants, ate "exquisite" food and wine that was pushed into the room through a hatch. At the ringing of another bell, "moral and philosophical readings" began, continuing until another bell sent everyone to bed. Peace reigned until, at 4 a.m. sharp, the remorseless bell tolled anew-to announce "a poetry reading." Voltaire and his Emilie lived...
...salad-plates. And we did not lift a little finger, we did not put a glass or a fork right, but just let the mess grow worse before us. We even leaned on it, growing callous, and delicately picked out of the wreckage the bare essentials. the bitter wine that was needed to keep the evening going...
This passage, midway through Ten Seconds from Now, not only attests to Greek Novelist Kay Cicellis' powers of evocation but also sums up the condition of her characters, who rely mainly on the bitter wine of unreciprocated love to keep their untidy and unhappy lives going. The setting is a radio station, apparently in Athens, and the characters are male news announcers and girl disk jockeys. A day-and-night jangle of pop love tunes plays ironic counterpoint to the staff's self-tortured prisoners of love. The narrator is a crippled male receptionist, a kind of latter...
...mind by foreign travel. Dignity is given to the place by a set of men called Fellows, who, living at the expense of the College, spend the day walking about arm in arm, looking immensley important, and occupy the evening in telling stories and drinking immense quantities of Port wine. To gain a fellowship is the aim of every undergraduate...