Word: barreler
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...there are signs of change. A few nonpoliticians are running for office and raising the debate above pork-barrel politics. And there is no incumbent fighting to retain the presidency. Olusegun Obasanjo is stepping down after eight years in power - Nigeria's longest-ever period of democratic rule. It's not that he's leaving voluntarily, exactly. It says something for the strength of Nigeria's fledgling parliament that last year it derailed a plan to amend the constitution so Obasanjo could run for a third term...
...CVNE Enter this barrel-shaped bunker and step into French architect Philippe Mazières' vision of 21st century winemaking. Towering 17.5 m above a glass floor, a giant mechanical arm delivers crushed grapes into the 72 stainless-steel tanks that line the circular walls. Even more impressive are two enormous caverns bored into the hillside that store 22,000 barrels of crianza. "Making wine used to be like a secret in the Rioja," says tour guide Nunia Noja. Now it's like the underground lab in a James Bond film. www.cvne.com...
...dark. My picture might not be menacing, but I do stand a good 6'1 tall and I am... HUGE..." On Feb. 19, there is this entry in Bryan's blog: "I did things that I shouldn't have, with my two hands, I just want to drink a barrel of cyanide, to make this pain go away...
...same time, the U.S. government has also recently stepped up cooperation with Saudi Arabia, the world's top petroleum producer, to keep the price of oil at around $50 a barrel - nearly one-third below last year's peak - a price level partly intended to help cut the oil bill for American consumers, but also to reduce Iran's petroleum revenues, which last year hit some $44 billion. More broadly, U.S. sanctions have long prevented American companies from dealing with Iran, but recently U.S. officials have been urging European and Asian banks to avoid involvement with Iran as well...
There's cognac, and then there's cognac. The emphasis is on the latter at Domaine du Grollet, the family estate of cognac maker Rémy Martin outside Cognac in southwestern France. In one of its aging cellars, rows of tierçons (ancient oak barrels) hold eaux-de-vie (twice-distilled white wine that acquires its amber color from the barrel) for the 40-100 years it takes to attain the opulent qualities of its premium cognac, Louis XIII de Rémy Martin, which retails for around $1,400 a bottle. To be labeled a cognac...