Word: cognac
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...about the case," Falzon says, "is that there were so many possibilities. It was absolutely baffling." Were the perps art thieves or common thugs? Were the paintings stolen at the order of some mysterious Dr. No figure who likes to light a Cuban every night, pour a glass of cognac and repair to the cellar to admire his own private collection of hot masterpieces? Were they stolen by political factions to trade for their prisoners? Or was this just a score by local bad guys who thought they could unload the paintings to a fence, or use them as collateral...
...Clinton's counteroffer, Brown and Ickes repaired to the bar in Little Rock's Capital Hotel. "Well, I didn't get State," Brown told Ickes, "and I'm not gonna do the U.N. The President wants me to be Secretary of Commerce." Brown took a sip of cognac and smiled. "What does Commerce do?" he asked. "I don't even know where the building is," replied Ickes. As he told the story, Ickes swung from laughter to tears, then settled into a wistful chuckle...
...least, one experience with failure.She deferred Harvard for a year, opting instead tolive at home and try her hand at writing Butinstead of brandishing her pen, she found herself"busy having lunch with Mum, reading books, andcooking." She ultimately went to France thatSpring to spend a semester studying in Cognac...
...introduction to alcohol might have been typical. My first recollection is of a small sip of cognac--I must have been about three, and very curious. Perhaps my parents thought it would put me off sufficiently for the next 18 years. But no, I actually liked the taste...
...similar waltz the following year led to more dire consequences. The tastes of that certain orchestra had surpassed champagne to more concentrated pleasures such as cognac and single-malt Scotch...