gin

In high school, many Americans learn of Eli Whitney’s revolutionary cotton gin.

Beneath a fan on the veranda I nursed a gin and tonic, gazing across the manicured lawns to the exuberant tropical gardens.

This rise in activity in Southern areas was largely due to the invention of the cotton gin, which shifted the focus of production from tobacco to cotton.

While Mr. Rees is keen to dispel the myths ginned up by imperial writers, he doesn’t prevaricate when the evidence shows that their fears may not have been entirely unfounded.

Sweeney recalled sweating through a training run in the mid-’80 when a guy behind him sniffed and asked, “Pete, did you drink gin last night?”