Word: scotches
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...irony is that these fine class distinctions are either invisible or irrelevant to the outside world. The difference between a Harvard student from Greenwich and one from North Dakota is lost on the average American. Both are equally likely to be sipping fine scotch in oak-paneled clubrooms, sharing their contempt for the vulgar masses...
...into a ravine") gave him the limp that he still walks with at 45; in his head are two drainage holes, covered merely by a thin layer of skin, bored during brain surgery, the legacy of another smash that almost killed him. He will sit and drink Scotch after Scotch with disconcerting ease and tell of a bluesman's life-of scrapes with jealous musicians wanting to cut his fingers off, and of playing to audiences of gun-toting triads in Kuala Lumpur nightclubs. And like so many who have flirted with the devil, he is a product...
...first stop for many visitors to Edinburgh is a Scotch whisky tasting, the better to immerse oneself in the Scottish spirit. But for a wee dram of something equally warming, stroll down to PLAISIR DU CHOCOLAT, about a 15-minute walk from Edinburgh Castle. The opulent Art Nouveau café at 251 Canongate offers up chocolate as it was meant to be: rich, flavorful and complex. Founder and master chocolatier Bertrand Espouy treats chocolate as sommeliers would wine, with an emphasis on origin, terroir and manufacture. The café window features a mouthwatering display of exquisite house-made pastries...
Still missing that Scotch? The café offers pairings of local whiskies with specially selected chocolate truffles. Now that's getting into the Scottish spirit. www.plaisirduchocolat.com
...turned out, the Scotch went for toasts. The rival Kurdish warlords, Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, signed an accord and unified their commands. Talabani is now the President of Iraq. Barzani is a powerful political leader in Iraq's relatively stable north. And Welch is one of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's top deputies, tasked with jump-starting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, which the Bush Administration hopes can add some much needed luster to its foreign policy legacy...