Word: drinker
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...leaders whose faces reveal as much as their résumés. Bill Clinton's image as affable rascal is partly due to his having the twinkly look of a man who enjoys his indulgences. He even sprouted a bit of a drinker's nose despite the fact that, by all accounts, he has no taste for the stuff. In this case, form seems to want to follow function...
...complete catastrophe." The contrasting fortunes of both men are two sides of the same story: a long-awaited - and long-overdue - shakeout in the cosseted world of French winemaking. France is the superpower of the wine world, the largest producer and, measured by per capita consumption, the heaviest drinker. But for more than a decade, it has been sleepwalking as globalization transformed the business, bringing with it new markets, new consumers and new competitors. Producers from Australia, New Zealand, California, South Africa, Chile and elsewhere have launched massive - and often brilliantly executed - campaigns to promote their wines across the planet...
...contrasting fortunes of both men are two sides of the same story: a long-overdue shakeout in the cosseted world of French winemaking. France is the superpower of wine, the largest producer and heaviest drinker. But for more than a decade, it has sleepwalked as globalization transformed the business, bringing with it new markets and new competitors. Producers from Australia, New Zealand, California, South Africa, Chile and elsewhere have launched massive--and often brilliantly executed--campaigns to promote their wines across the planet. They have ramped up production and introduced a new generation of consumers to inexpensive, fruity wines with...
...Reeves life was full of complex psychological underpinnings. He was a solid actor, but rarely given a chance to show his real skills. He was a heavy drinker, caught in a relationship with the wife of a menacing studio executive. And, of course, he felt trapped in the role of the most powerful man on the planet. "There wasn't a day when Ben and I didn't discuss being respectful to George," concludes the director. "We wanted to give him the respect that he didn't get in his life...
...lavish East Room wedding, Alice married Nicholas Longworth, an Ohio Congressman who shared little with her besides an interest in Republican politics. A drinker and a playboy, Longworth quickly earned his wife's "complete contempt," says Sturm. Alice also grew to resent her do-gooder cousins Franklin and Eleanor, often mocking Eleanor's bucktoothed smile at dinner parties. "Grammy couldn't stand earnestness," Sturm says...