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My sister and I knew only a little about liquor; Samantha greeted Darrin with it every night on Bewitched, but nobody in my house drank any, nor did the people with whom we spent Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. We had bottles and bottles of it in two or three locations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hair of the Dog | 7/20/2006 | See Source »

Supplies - fuel and drinking water especially - are running short, and there seems little immediate prospect of resupply from Beirut. U.N. staff are negotiating with Israel to grant safe passage to a resupply column and also to allow APCs to rescue trapped villagers looking to leave and transport casualties to hospitals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the Peacekeepers Help? | 7/19/2006 | See Source »

A democracy of more than 1 billion people, many profiting from a reformed economy, India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Ascending | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

The rain in Spain turns golf greens brown. In the last year, national reservoir levels have dropped to 52.4% of capacity, indicating severe drought. As a result, local governments have had no choice but to announce water-saving measures; prohibiting golf superintendents from giving grasses a good soaking with drinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting The Green | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

The joy of Russia is drinking, and without drinking we cannot be," said Prince Vladimir, ruler of the state of Kievan Rus in the 10th century, as he chose Christianity for the state religion over teetotal Islam. Never has Russia indulged her joy more than over the last five petrodollar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without Tears — and Now Without Booze | 7/16/2006 | See Source »

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