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America's return to the cocktail--industry-wide sales of hard liquor are up about 8%--also bodes well for Pernod. Investors are certainly drinking it in; since the acquisition, the company's stock price has spiked 38%. But before the celebratory champagne is all gone, Pringuet is confident "something will happen soon" in the trend of consolidation. The industry is looking to a Bacardi and Brown-Forman merger as the probable next big deal, but one thing is clear: the Continental gorillas at Pernod Ricard are thirsty...
...effect is completely different. The military coats of today are cut snugly and sexily and the detailing has become more couture than regimental. These coats can flatter most figures and are relatively practical for New England. This is good news for those of us who participated in the cocktail jacket trend of last fall and then permanently lost circulation to their extremities and for those of us marching against New Jersey just...
Velvet is exemplary of the understated sumptuousness of this fall’s fashion trends. It has been used in everything from blazers to cocktail dresses, immediately increasing the elegance and romanticism of a particular piece. Though velvet hasn’t been used this liberally since the free loving ’60s, this particular form is elegant, versatile, and fun to rub against...
...wait, wait.” Each would explain in initially self-righteous tones and subsequently half-veiled pleas that a woman just doesn’t know herself till she’s 30. They’d raise their voices and stare us down, one hand clutching a cocktail, the other at the hip, pointing out exactly how much we’ve all changed since elementary school—proof enough that when it comes to tying the knot, a modern woman should wait, wait, wait...
...teleological argument for the existence of God, better known as the “argument by design.” Simply put, the theory posits that the complex architecture of, say, a watch proves that an intelligent “designer” created it rather than a cocktail of random natural processes. According to the theory, the same should then apply to the natural world and specifically to life, which contains an abundance of seemingly “designed” complexities...