Word: chesterfield
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...wares - which include Dunhill and Pall Mall - in a vast crescent sweeping from South Africa to Congo and west to Ghana, as well as throughout North Africa. In 2003 the company planted its stakes deeper, building a $150 million factory in Nigeria. Philip Morris, whose brands include Marlboro and Chesterfield, has a smaller presence on the continent. "We are a minor, minor player," says spokesman Greg Prager. But that could change. The company does no business in Nigeria, but it controls about 15% of the market across North Africa and has a scattered 10% share elsewhere. It has also built...
...inconvenience of vagabonding.Still, a more permanent solution seemed necessary. Days after my official PfoHo move-in, a second move-in commenced. Armed with a single Harvard Mail Service dolly, two of my adoptive Dunster “blockmates” and I rolled my six-foot-long black pleather Chesterfield-esque foldout couch to my new home. With such a wide load, we literally took to the streets, navigating Brattle and Mt. Auburn Streets amidst honking cars and gaping pedestrians. I loved being a spectacle, pushing this symbol of permanence to my friends’ digs. This sofa would...
...That's still a problem for McCaskill, who lives with her husband, a wealthy businessman, in a modernist house near the affluent St. Louis suburb of Ladue. But it also happens to be a problem for Talent, who lives in Chesterfield, another upscale St. Louis suburb. Unlike most country voters, Talent talks fast and enunciates every word. In a room of overall-clad pig farmers, Talent's pressed slacks and Oxford shirts often seem too nice by half...
...lunghetti pasta came with anchovies, wild garlic and pistachios, while the thicker taccole noodles glistened in a sauce of red spring onion and baby cuttlefish; stockfish ragout arrived bubbling with Italian sausage and poached salt cod. G. was hunched over a portion of prosciutto generous enough to upholster a Chesterfield when I approached. I only intended a quick hello, but his girlfriend, misinterpreting my postprandial bloat, sweetly asked when the baby was due - a bloomer that left us seeking comfort in our cups. These were quickly filled with Brunello di Montalcino. And so began the rigorous series of tests...
JOSEPH GOLDENBERG, M.D. Chesterfield...