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Molotov cocktail
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cocktail
cocktail short mixed drink originating in the United States and served as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored with bitters or grenadine. It is blended by stirring or shaking in a vessel containing cracked... Read more |
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vermouth
vermouth , blend of white wines fortified with additional alcohol and flavored with aromatic herbs, spices, and roots. It contains up to 19% alcohol. The sweeter, darker type of vermouth is sometimes called Italian vermouth, and the lighter, drier type, French vermouth. Vermouth is used as an... Read more |
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The Cocktail Party
Cocktail Party, The, verse play by T.S. Eliot, produced in 1949, published in 1950.At his cocktail party, Edward Chamberlayne tries to conceal the fact that his wife Lavinia has left him, but he is found out by his mistress Celia; talented, lonely Peter Quilpe; and a mysterious stranger, the... Read more |
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Mary Coyle Chase
Chase, Mary Coyle (1907–81), Colorado playwright, whose fantastic comedy about an inebriate whose companion is a huge, imaginary rabbit, Harvey (1944), won a Pulitzer Prize. Other plays include Now You've Done It (1937), The Next Half Hour (1945), Bernardine (1952), Mrs. McThing (1952),... Read more |
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Disulfiram
Disulfiram Definition Disulfiram is an aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor. It prohibits the activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme found in the liver. In the United States, disulfiram is sold under brand name Antabuse. Purpose Disulfiram is used as a conditioning treatment... Read more |
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Dean Martin (American singer and actor)
Dean Martin American entertainer Dean Martin (1917–1995) was known for his nonchalant style and breezy wit. Immensely popular in his time, he first became famous as the straight man of the comic duo Martin and Lewis in 1946. Martin also recorded hit records in his distinctive baritone,... Read more |
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pomegranate
pomegranate , handsome deciduous and somewhat thorny large shrub or small tree ( Punica granatum ) belonging to the family Punicaceae, native to semitropical Asia and naturalized in the Mediterranean region in very early times. It has long been cultivated as an ornamental and for its edible fruit.... Read more |
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rum
rum spirituous liquor made from fermented sugarcane products. Prepared by fermentation, distillation, and aging, it is made from the molasses and foam that rise to the top of boiled sugarcane juice. Rum, which is produced in Cuba, Brazil, Jamaica, Trinidad, Madagascar, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, and... Read more |
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Idiots Delight
Idiot's Delight (1936), a comedy by Robert E. Sherwood. [Shubert Theatre, 299 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] The Hotel Monte Gabrielle had been an Austrian sanatorium until the area was ceded to Italy after World War I. Now, with another war looming, a handful of guests, caught by border closings, sit... Read more |
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Believe your radio - Stereophonics on course for another smash hit; NEW...
...PWELSH rockers the Stereophonics (below ) follow...show-stopping performance at V99 at Staffordshire...second album, Performance and Cocktails, this track...flowered-up double CD - just a shame...Ways. B.H. Reviews by Jon Perks... |
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CD REVIEWS.(News)
POP CD OF THE WEEK STEVE HARLEY...drawing on 25 years of performance, the aural equivalent...A Part That's New Stereophonics 9 (3) Private Number...Greatest Hits Abba 3 (4) Performance and Cocktails Stereophonics 4 (-) Remedy Basement... |
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cd reviews: rock and pop.(ROP)
...Carsten Petersen, Andrew Cowen STEREOPHONICS - Just Enough Education To Perform...their last chart topping album Performance and Cocktails is impossible to ignore - and...night. A two hour plus double CD of 20 tracks (its late addition... |
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CD of the week.(Review)
...ALEX HANNAFORD Stereophonics: Just Enough Education...Perform (V2) THE Stereophonics' 1997 debut, Word...Two years later, Performance and Cocktails proved a bit of a...journalists writing bad reviews ... oops. It... |
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NEW RELEASES.
...on both versions of the CD. J.P. THE ubiquitous...the fifth single of the Stereophonics' hugely successful album Performance and Cocktails. Although this is not...over the shop. A.F. Reviews by Natalia Bennett, Stacey... |
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New releases.
...PWELSH wonders The Stereophonics had a lot to live...some style with Performance and Cocktails. The excellent...This double CD, recorded on last...Here, on new CD The Sebadoh, fuzzy...Sebadoh deserves it. Reviews by Jon Perks... |
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