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...chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some of Beijing's demolished courtyard homes. Rooms are decorated with Manchurian, Mongolian and Tibetan antiques, and each has a private porch. The Tiger Bar provides the perfect setting for cigars and cognac, while the restaurant offers cuisine inspired by Genghis Khan, whom the menu quotes: "The greatest pleasure in life is to defeat your enemy, then ride his horses, drink his wine, eat his food, and sleep with his women." Beijing's new business warriors may be inclined to agree...
...chairlifts or souvenir stalls here, just heated suites made from local stone and beams salvaged from some of Beijing's demolished courtyard homes. Rooms are decorated with Manchurian, Mongolian and Tibetan antiques, and each has a private porch. The Tiger Bar provides the perfect setting for cigars and cognac, while the restaurant offers cuisine inspired by Genghis Khan, whom the menu quotes: "The greatest pleasure in life is to defeat your enemy, then ride his horses, drink his wine, eat his food, and sleep with his women." Beijing's new business warriors may be inclined to agree...
There are exceptions. Democrats are more likely to go to art museums. They also skew toward cognac, which usually costs more than whiskey, the G.O.P. choice. Party demographics help explain that difference: black men have appreciated cognac since the 1970s, even before Jay-Z embraced it, while whiskey has a long history in red states like Kentucky. Sure enough, at the G.O.P. Convention this year, the most requested drink was Maker's Mark whiskey. The Democratic winner was too close to call. "The Kahlúa White House Russian was a big favorite with the ladies, Courvoisier XO cognac with...
...study, Bellevue University psychology professor Cleveland Evans revealed that more Americans are naming their children after their favorite products. Out of the four million babies born nationwide in 2000, five girls were called Celica, almost 300 were recorded with the name Armani, and six boys were named after Courvoisier cognac. Evans argues that this trend to name children after cars, clothing and liquor stems from a desire to set them apart amid a sea of Emilys and Johns. Certainly, people like to think of themselves as individuals, and a name like Infiniti (22 entries) stands out in comparison to Kaitlyn...
...Katsu's ability as an actor was matched only by his oversized generosity offscreen?and his terrible business sense. "He was known as someone who liked to play around," says Yukichi Shinada, a veteran Tokyo film critic. "Say he went to a club, he would always buy really expensive cognac and then buy drinks for other people." Saito's son, Tsunehisa Saito, who worked with Katsu for more than 20 years, says, "He was a really caring, very generous man. If somebody asked him, he would lend money even if he didn't have it. So, in order...