retsina

Ouzo, retsina, tsipouro, and raki were drunk in moderation.

For example, in searching the board in Figure 1, one might first see RETINA, then extend to RETINAS, then anagram to RETSINA, then reverse the letters to find--ANISTER.

In addition to spending money it didn't have on hosting the Olympics, Greece spent even more money it didn't have on building light rail lines, thus enabling unemployed neo-Marxist intellectuals to ride a subsidized train to their favorite cafe, where they could sit all day ranting about capitalism while drinking Retsina wine, which tastes like turpentine and apparently has the same deleterious effect as paint thinner on industriousness and mental capacity.

The old images of very average wines (often oxidized) and retsina (containing pine extracts) sold cheaply in the local tav-erna have given way to Greek wines that compete with the best in the world.

At night, after I have wrestled with a passage, the massacre at Syracuse, say, I retire to Phoebe's on the plateia, overlooking that wine-dark sea, and toast the German tourists, drinking Jagermeister, with burnished retsina in my super-glued-together ostrakon.

Pericles thought that it was a crazy and expensive idea, but since most of these highly talented citizens of Athens were unemployed and had no internet or blackberries to play with, and they were just sitting around drinking ouzo and retsina (a Greek wine supplemented with pine resin), enjoying the sun and philosophizing, that maybe it would be a good idea to get them busy.

Gordon Ramsay's F Word (9.00pm) The chef looks on as Greek restaurant Retsina and Moroccan establishment Doukan prepare sardines, prawn and mussel tagine, a mixed grill and a spiced apple cake in the final heat.

"Ah, what the hell", he said over a glass of retsina that evening.

The family bakes its own bread and Sterligov and Lena, his wife of some 17 years, drink milk from their own cows, and kvas, an evil-sounding alcoholic brew made from fermented black rye bread flavoured with birch-tree sap (can it taste worse than retsina, one wonders?) In the depth of a Russian winter when the temperature can drop to minus 45C, the house is heated by a wood-burning stove and lit with candles.

Unlucky to concede the penalty, and owes Dimi a retsina or two for his save.

"I love the food at El Greco, and I've been hearing how much fun their monthly Greek nights are, with a special menu, wine deals and flowing retsina and a boisterous crowd that even gets up for some Zorba-like dancing.

moonlight, Drinking retsina and eating salads Of cool, chopped cucumber

After a few glasses of Retsina, my dad always performed a solo version of the Greek line dance, a beer bottle balanced precariously on his head.

104 Energy Conservation Requires a Multifaceted Approach, Theodora Retsina, American Process

The US administration will propose to Congress to change the status and limit of use of 17 European wine names currently considered as semi-generics in the US: Burgundy, Chablis, Champagne, Chianti, Claret, Haut-Sauterne, Hock, Madeira, Malaga, Marsala, Moselle, Port, Retsina, Rhine, Sauterne, Sherry and Tokay.