[Cz-L] History

Hi All! While reading a book on the origins of our modern eating habits I
came across the following..which I will reproduce in full because it led to
a place of refuge for many of us. "A great advert for the institution of
lunch took place in 1914,when the celebrated Belarus-born chemist Chaim
Weizmann(1874-1952) was entertained by C.P.Scott,the editor of the
Manchester Guardian.When Scott asked what he was working on,Weizmann replied
that he had just perfected a new technique for safely synthesising acetone.a
highly explosive substance used used in cleaning products and explosives. A
week later,Scott was lunching with the Prime Minister,Lloyd George,who
complained that the war effort was foundering for want of acetone.The rest
is,literally,history.The British munitions industry outproduced the Germans
and the war was won.When asked what he wanted as a reward,Weizmann--a
life-long Zionist-asked for a Jewish state.He got one,largely as a result of
the Balfour Declaration of 1917,and became the first President of Israel in
1949. All because of lunch." I hope you like this snippet of
information!! Cornel
 

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