Mrs Thatcher called for a brandy - not for Sir Geoffrey but for the poor waitress, whom she proceeded to comfort.
Jean Monnet, a brandy merchant from Cognac, in southern France, and Robert Schuman, the French foreign minister, a lawyer from the disputed region near the French-West German border, worked together on the "Schuman Plan, " which Schuman proposed on May 9, 1950.
His personal study, which was designed to house a 17-by-28-foot Persian rug from the late 1800s, is filled from floor to ceiling with valuables, ranging from gilded fore-edge books to war memorabilia, a brandy bottle left in his guest house by Kennedy Onassis, and even what he says is Sitting Bull's pipe.
And, if so inclined, a tumbler of gin, whisky or brandy as a nightcap.
Stelios Sava is the commercial director of Alexandrion, a very popular brandy, produced in Ploesti, 100km (60 miles) north of Bucharest.
The first famous regular, Daniel Webster, liked to sit at the U-shaped raw bar downstairs - still in use today - and enjoy three dozen raw oysters with a tumbler of brandy with.
He is perhaps the showiest performer since Vladimir de Pachmann, a Chopin specialist of a century ago who used to milk cows to exercise his fingers and dip each digit in a glass of brandy before recitals.
It is believed the cyclist, a white man in his 30s or 40s, went to the nearby shops and bought Mr Locke a bottle of brandy to apologise for knocking him off his bike near the shops in Rose Avenue, police said.
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Finding no one about, I let myself into one of them, ate a dinner of instant noodles and brandy, then settled onto a cot under five quilts.
Brandy wore a tight black dress with gold overlay and matching black and gold bag and shoes.
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This magic potion (brandy with a few added ingredients) promised to relieve all symptoms of what was really cultural malaise.
In 1997, Whitney Houston produced a TV version starring Brandy as Cinderella in which "Falling In Love With Love" (lyrics by Lorenz Hart) was inexplicably added.
In the old days (before the 1950s), a real log was doused with brandy and thrown on to the hearth, where its flames were scrutinised as a harbinger of the next year's harvest and its ashes preserved for good luck.
This version is a big, gorgeous yeast bread, flavored with nutmeg, mace, brandy, and Madeira and containing a generous amount of dried fruits.
Brandy Lee is a seasoned human resources executive with practical experience in employee development and change management in a variety of industries.
Sparkling wine will bring out the mineral flavor of the cigar, whereas the rich but fruity taste of brandy can prove a harmonious match.
Brandy Brown, a 25-year-old English and journalism major at the University of Texas, expected her benefits as an Air Force veteran to cover the assorted costs of college this semester.
Traditionally, the two varieties are grated and melted together with a hint of garlic, a splash of white wine and a touch of kirsch, cherry brandy.
Deploying British Columbia-grown fruit to full effect, the company concocts 25 spirits on site, including fruit liquors such as blueberry and sea buckthorn, and a taste bud-popping prune brandy called Old Italian.
It is a picture of her as a child cuddling her pet dog, Brandy.
He had preferred an intimate burial at the small brandy-making town to a state funeral in Paris.
Fidgeting on his feet, Pesho soon joins us, pulling up a chair and pouring us each a glass of his own plum rakia (brandy).
"I would have liked to have had a few more starts last season, " said Brandy.
Known locally as the Graffiti House, it is thought to have served as a Confederate field hospital during the 1863 Battle of Brandy Station, one of the biggest conflicts between Confederate and Unionist forces.
Flying Officer Hynam died while taking part in a flypast over Pershore on 25 May 1943 when his plane lost a wing and crashed, damaging the town's Brandy Cask pub.
The brews in question range from a premium lager to an odd blend of stout, light ale and brandy known as Black Snake, but it is the Honey Blonde Ale that gets people talking.
Though geography is offered as a sobering up after the intoxications of end-of-history ideology, it soon reveals itself as another brandy bottle, with intoxications of its own.
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