Word: elixir
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...Hong Kong is a must-stop on many a 21st birthday pub crawl, and Scorpion Bowls are by far the elixir of choice. The exact contents of this colorful drink, however, remain shrouded in mystery. According to Manager David Hayes, the secret recipe for the Scorpion Bowl is actually patented. He will divulge that the brew is composed of orange juice, pineapple, sour mix and nine different alcohols, including rum. The mix, which is stored in mini-kegs on the third floor, has been perfected by trial and error in a process which creative mind Billy Lee first dreamed...
...discovered that those who drank at least six cups (or 48 oz.) of caffeinated coffee a day significantly reduced their risk of diabetes--more than 50% in men and about 30% in women--compared with non--coffee drinkers. Doctors certainly don't claim that the brew is an elixir of health, but if you already have a caffeine habit, you may be doing yourself more good than you knew...
...produced, the owner of the estate and often some indication of quality, such as "good" and "very, very good." And who is to say that wines like these cannot be made again someday, asks Patrick McGovern, a molecular archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, including perhaps the mysterious elixir that supposedly drove Cleopatra...
...bill of just that size, but what was once a morsel is now described as - presto! - a "very robust package." Bush's next press secretary will have to be prepared for more Orwellian wordplay. Once a tax cut becomes law, all the sunny guarantees that were made about its elixir-like effect on the economy will be put to the test as reporters demand to know when the promised boost is going to kick in. "These things take time," will be the inevitable answer. True, but not enough, especially since Bush's promises about the economic turnaround that would follow...
...Kuwait, where oil sales could provide every man, woman and child over $10,000 a year. In order to raise the living standards of the average Iraqi oil, revenue will have to be one pillar used as a base to build a modern economy and not a magic elixir capable of creating a transformation...