Re: [Cz-L] History

Hi Cornel,
I want to read it - what's the full title of the book?
The Weizmann Institute tells the story with a slightly different emphasis;
not as if it was the institution of lunch that saved Europe and created
Israel, but Weizmann himself.
Not that I have anything against lunch.
Best,
Madelon
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:35 PM, cornel fleming
<cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>wrote:

> 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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