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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...original pirates of the Caribbean were liars, cheats and thieves. But they could be trusted to pour a glass of rum the right way. Unlike many modern imbibers - who debase the sugarcane-based spirit with Coke, coconut cream or fruit juice - the bloodthirsty seafarers enjoyed their hooch neat. (Edward "Blackbeard" Teach was the exception; he took his grog with a pinch of gunpowder.) Now artisan rum producers from Antigua to Venezuela are persuading sophisticated sippers to dump the mixers and drink like Captain Kidd once more. These master distillers specialize in dark, aged rums that are big on nose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rum Time in the Caribbean | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

...create a sense of intimacy. Here her cinematographer, Declan Quinn, spares us the shaking, but frequently slides the camera between adjacent sets. We travel from the bed one tousled blond woman (Suky) collapsed in a bed to another (Pippa), waking in another town and another decade. It's a neat trick to suggest life as a continuum - Pippa is ruled by guilt and a need to emulate her mother's happy "commercial" existence, aiming for perfection but without the pill popping - but it also represents what's going on in Pippa's mind. In looking back at her own history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pippa Lee: Robin Wright Penn's Moment | 11/25/2009 | See Source »

Smith ties up the characters’ story arcs into a neat little bundle at the end of the book. She contrives to unite the old and young in one room. Every main character attends the launch of a genetically engineered mouse with something to prove, whether in protestation or celebration. By putting them together to duke it out, Smith purposefully offers a chance for redemption and closure unavailable in real life. This conclusion is an unsatisfying end, but the point of the book is not the plot. Her rich, realistic portrayal of the characters and their view of London...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Towards a Post-National Novel | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...altogether unexciting and does not feel particularly spacious or neat...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer | Title: Get Your Swell On: House Gyms Part 3 | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...There’s definitely a tradition of beer at Harvard,” Mulcahy said, “and it’s really neat...

Author: By Christen B. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beer Flows Freely at Queen’s Head | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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