il vino sa di tappo ; il vino sa di sughero [raro] does NOT mean that the wine bottle is closed with a cork, but rather that the wine has an unpleasant smell and taste of mouldy cork! corky wine
The following year, the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) merged with the Foundation. In 1965, an additional professional society, Allied Health Professions, was established within the Foundation; its name was changed to the Arthritis Health Professions Association (AHPA) in 1980.
1 The arthritis means that she needs Jack's help in writing down the obituaries that she composes. 2  Miss Volker, we find out, used to be a nurse.  Jack's first obituary is for Emma Devers Slater, and by her death date we get the time period of the novel: the summer of 1962. (Mrs.