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...lazy and as delightful as an afternoon on an ocean liner in calm weather. Yet, at one time, she stepped up her speed to 81 m.p.h. Over Heidelberg, she cast her shadow on pigmy castles and at Stuttgart solemnly circled the grave of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Wine, ham and eggs, etc., were served above Freiburg, Baden-Baden and Constance. But there was NO SMOKING, for fire is the arch enemy of airships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Lazy Giants | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

...politely by what right or authority Dr. Walker assumes this 'Temporal Dominion' in the United States? ... I have not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Volstead personally, but I am unwilling to believe that he is wiser or better than the Lord Jesus Christ, who not only used wine but . . . made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Christ & Church | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

...good average Englishman drinks, besides his normal consumption of beer, ale, wine, whiskey and gin, about nine pounds of tea per annum. A good average American drinks less than one pound of tea per annum. So found Major Norman McLeod, British teaman, who lately surveyed the U. S. tea market. So learned the executive committee of the Tea Association of America, re-reading the McLeod survey at a meeting last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Tea | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...they were all dressed in colorful Bavarian costumes, and they sang lusty German songs and strewed flowers over the pavement. Many buxom daughters of wine growers came up to Old Paul and offered him sips of Bavarian wine. And the President sipped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Coopers & Brewers | 9/17/1928 | See Source »

...forces of conciliation won? Secretary Turati decided that if they had, he would sour the wine of their victory. He published an edict prohibiting all imported (therefore, French) wines at Fascist dinners or militia messes. As everyone knows, most Italian wines are totally without merit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Brouhaha | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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