Greyhound (cocktail) similar cocktail with the name "Greyhound" appears in Harper's magazine in 1945 (volume 191, page 461) thus: ""The cocktails were made of vodka, sugar, and canned grapefruit juice -- a greyhound. This cocktail was served at Greyhound's popular restaurant chain that was located at bus terminals, called 'Post House'."" Before 1945, vodka was an uncommon spirit and most drinks we think of today as "classic cocktails" and which call for vodka, originally would have contained gin. As vodka's popularity grew after the War and gin's popularity waned, many of the popular cocktails persisted, albeit with vodka substituted for gin. The
Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach Weather Is Good on Deribasovskaya, It Rains Again on Brighton Beach () is a 1992 joint Russian-American production comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai. Its title used in the plot as a password for secret agents, and refers to Deribasovskaya Street and Brighton Beach. The plot unfolds during the last years of the Soviet Union. The Cold War is over and the President of the United States and the General Secretary of the Soviet Union must meet for high-level diplomatic talks. However, the meeting is put at risk because