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...monger, spar with each other in even more perfectly chosen accoutrements. Jarvis wears flats and a baggy sweater, Nightingale a tailored three-piece suit and elaborate facial hair. The production's selection of properties, which range from a brace of hunting pistols in the past to a humorously situated liter of Tanqueray in the present, rounds out the immense visual appeal of this Arcadia, the fact of which is quite an accomplishment for director Patrick Demers precisely because the play is so centered on words...
...wine dealers. Clark Gibson not only paid $600 for a $59 Sine Qua Non 1997 Imposter McCoy Syrah, he also drove from Chicago to pick it up. At the 20th annual Napa Valley Wine Auction for charity last month, collector Chase Bailey bid $500,000 for a single six-liter bottle of a 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet, the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of wine. Under what circumstances do you imbibe a half-million-dollar bottle of wine? "I haven't the slightest idea," says Bailey. "Maybe we'll have a great party...
...bureaucrats or managers of state-owned enterprises, all of whom have chauffeurs, the car is built for a backseat passenger. Air-conditioning and radio controls face the backseat. The chassis has been strengthened to deal with China's bad road surfaces. The V6 engine has been reduced from 3.1 liters to 2.98 to get around an unwritten rule in China that only people of ministerial level are allowed to drive 3-liter cars...
...Narayan '99 was at Gutman Library, a few weeks into our first year at Harvard. Navin and I, along with our friend Sarah, were working on a Psychology 1 group assignment. Navin, who was also in my Social Analysis 10 section, arrived at Gutman with his customary one-half-liter bottle of water in hand...
...Bratislava's Finance Minister, "Brutal Brigita" is notorious for her strict, budget-cutting measures. In response to her reign, The Topvar brewerey has launched "Brigita" beer at six crowns (14 cents) a half liter. The beer has been ready to pound...