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There is, as a rule, no smoking in the White House, but this Election Day was one for breaking the rules. The moment of sweet vindication came at midnight, up in the private quarters, where President Bush and close aides were watching the returns on the Fox News Channel. Unlike the fateful election night of 2000, when they waited for results that never came, this one was going well, and the President, who hovered close enough to the television to get static cling, was enjoying it. His strategist Karl Rove was perched on the edge of an armchair, double-thumbing...
...million. And for a business keen to downplay its tweed-'n'-tartan image and appeal to a new generation of drinkers, the good news is that Spain's aficionados are young. Scotch Whisky Association spokesman Campbell Evans notes that 65% of Spain's public whisky consumption takes place between midnight and 4 a.m. "Even allowing for how late the Spanish stay up," he says, "that suggests it's the young clubbers drinking Scotch." The big challenge facing the industry is to find the next Spain. Hopes are high that the coming wave of E.U. entrants from Eastern Europe will repeat...
...citizens who looked forward to their country's first orderly transition of power?without the purges and midnight arrests that have marked past leadership changes?may be disappointed. Jiang isn't going anywhere quietly. If anything, his retirement home is looking like China's new seat of authority. He retains the title of President until the legislature meets in March, and he remains commander in chief of the country's military indefinitely. More importantly, Jiang has stacked the Politburo's Standing Committee?the Party's most powerful body?with so many of his cronies that it appears the Party...
...friend Julia and I leave the table at the Mexican restaurant, say goodbye to a group of teenagers and their illicit margaritas, and dash off down the street. It’s a Friday in June in New York City, and we have somewhere to be by midnight...
Unfortunately for the upstart Crimson squad, the clock struck midnight to the tune of two heartbreaking losses, leaving Harvard (13-10, 9-3 Ivy) with fading hopes of its first Ivy title since...