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Amount (in U.S. dollars), that a Moët & Chandon vending machine (complete with 336 mini bottles of Champagne) sold for at the New York gala hosted by amfAR, (the Foundation for AIDS Research) an international nonprofit organization. The vending machine commanded the highest bid in the evening’s auction. The event, which raised funds for AIDS research, kicked off New York Fashion Week.

In revenue, what was the leading food crop in the Napa Valley after World War II?

A. Eggs

B. Beef

C. Grapes

D. Prunes

According to statistics compiled by the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner, the leading food product in the Napa Valley in 1945 was prunes with a value of $3,622,000. Although Prohibition had ended in 1933, by 1945 grapes ($2,600,000) still trailed prunes by a million dollars. And eggs ($2,553,750) weren’t far behind.

“I like my coffee black, my beer from Germany, wine from Burgundy, the darker, the better. I like my heroes complicated and brooding, James Dean in oiled leather, leaning on a motorcycle. You know the color.”

Barbara Crooker,

American poet, from the poem Ode to Chocolate

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