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Pаssаge #1 Pоisоn fоr Dinner A Spies, secrecy, revenge, motives for murder—these hаve all been around for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. And poison is one of the most manipulative ways for people to get what they want. B In Renaissance Italy (from the 14th to 16th centuries A.D.), poison was commonplace. "Poison was the solution to delicate political problems," says Paolo Preto, a professor of modern history at the University of Padua. A touch of poison added to the wine would not cause suspicion (autopsies were rare at the time) and much less messy than using a knife or gun. Allegations were hard to prove, and innocence was difficult to dispute. C The Borgias—Alexander VI and his son Cesare—specialized in faith-based poisonings. As Pope, Alexander appointed wealthy candidates to be bishops and cardinals, allowed them to increase their riches, and then invited them to a grand dinner. The house wine, with just a bit of arsenic, killed the guests. Their wealth, by church law, then went to their host, the Pope. English essayist Max Beerbohm wrote: Though you would often in the 15th century have heard the snobbish Roman say, “I am dining with the Borgias tonight,” no Roman ever was able to say, “I dined last night with the Borgias.” D More recently, poison, dioxin to be exact, was the lead player in the drama of Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, victim of an attempt to remove him from the political scene. In the United States, similar secret plots became the subject of investigations after the early 1960s, when the elimination of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was a top priority. Some plans that are said to have been considered but then rejected included the delivery of a box of botulinum1-soaked cigars, contaminating Castro's scuba breathing apparatus with tubercle bacilli2, or sprinkling his shoes with thallium salts in hopes that hair loss, one of the common side effects of thallium absorption, would make his beard fall off. E Frankly, with all of this poison, people in high positions have had compelling reasons to watch what they eat. Mithridates, King of Pontus and enemy of Rome, tested poison antidotes on prisoners and ate a mix of 54 ingredients to protect himself against poisoning. An armed guard brought dinner to the table at the court of Louis XIV, and Columbus carried dogs on his second voyage to taste foods that natives of newfound cultures brought him and his crew. And it’s no wonder that for centuries, kings and queens have employed a very important person: the food taster. A food taster eats the food before the king, and then they watch for symptoms. If the taster lives, the king eats. F For three generations, the family of Mathura Prasad held the position of food taster to the thakur, or lord, of Castle Mandawa in India's Thar desert. "Food was kept under lock and key," he recalls. Before entering the kitchen, "the cook would bathe and change into different clothes. Guards would check his pockets and turban3 to make sure he wasn't hiding anything. Only then would he be allowed in. When the food was ready, some from each dish would be fed to a dog. Next I would taste, then the guards. The food would go to table under armed escort. Several trusted generals would test it. Finally, the lord and his guest would exchange bits of each dish. Just in case." G Food tasters have ceased to be part of every dinner party at Castle Mandawa, which is now a hotel. But recently, when the vice president of India came to lunch, a food taster sampled the food. Just in case... H These days, employment opportunities for tasters are in decline. In England, Buckingham Palace reports there is no formal procedure for food tasting. "The in-house help are fully vetted," a palace spokesman says. The Japanese emperor hasn't used a food taster in years. In the state kitchens of Thailand, humans are factored out altogether. There, the taste-test heroes of the banquet table, directed by the Ministry of Health, are a group of white mice. 1 Botulinum is a bacteria that causes botulism—a rare and potentially fatal paralytic disease. 2 Tubercle bacilli is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. 3 A turban is a man’s head covering consisting of a long length of material, wrapped around the head. Source: Adapted from “Pick Your Poison—12 Toxic Tales,” by Cathy Newman: NGM May 2005 True or false? In sentence 3 in paragraph H, the word vetted means “inspected to make sure they can be trusted.”