Winston Churchill's Doctor's Note Allowing Him to Drink "Unlimited" Alcohol in Prohibition America
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List of prices of items in medieval England.
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Churchill to Ibn Saud, after the latter said that he could not allow smoking or drinking in his presence: "I was the host and I said that if it was his religion that made him say such things, my religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during, all meals and the intervals between them."
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