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From the chaste cellars of a Benedictine abbey to a celebrity-drenched dinner hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow, Dom P??rignon Champagne has been a symbol of success. When the young monk Pierre P??rignon assumed the role of cellar master at the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvilliers in 1668, his goal, he said, was to "make the best wine in the world." Through extensive experimentation, he developed the méthode champenoise, a series of techniques to produce a clear, effervescent wine. On tasting his creation, P??rignon reportedly exclaimed, "I'm drinking stars." His contemporaries must have agreed. Before long, P?...
...Queen Drew Faust. If they say one word about her green initiatives, penchant for Civil War inventresses, or cutting-edge hair style, you must immediately challenge them to a fisticuffs. Be prepared. These Yalies always like to fence their way out of conflicts and will probably wield ép?...
...Haiti A School's Sorrow Several students were injured after a school collapsed in Port-au-Prince on Nov. 12, less than a week after the devastating collapse of a different school building in nearby P??tionville, which killed more than 90 people. Haitian President René Préval has blamed poor construction methods and materials for the disasters, amid concerns that similar buildings may also be at risk...
...dinner we drank a bottle of Dom P??rignon, and Flo picked up the $6,000 tab. He called it "a Disney World dinner," since Flo seems to think going to Disney World costs $6,000. Then we went outside and made lots of calls to one another about which gas station we were going to stop at on the way to Diamonds Cabaret, a gentlemen's club, where we would tip the entertainers 5,000 $1 bills that we had brought in a leather satchel. I got in the Bentley while Flo lay down in the backseat and began...
Argentine artist P??rez Celis moved comfortably through many media, producing innovative sculptures, paintings and murals and even recently illustrating a Spanish translation of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. While he exhibited his work around the globe and lived abroad for many years, his devotion was ultimately to his homeland and his favorite sports team. Two of Celis' colorful murals adorn the walls at the Buenos Aires stadium of his beloved Boca Juniors soccer team. He died of leukemia...