Word: pints
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...Lonergan’s Bar, in Cashel, Ireland, my mother looked at me apprehensively as she raised a half-pint of ruby black stout...
...inside of the glass. Guinness isn’t just a beer any more than Harvard is just a university; it has become a cultural icon. On any given night, in any given pub with any given selection of brews, more than half the people over 18 had a pint of the black stuff in front of them and foam on their upper...
...without hope; Guinness could be shipped in from England or any of the other 49 countries that produce it, including Nigeria and El Salvador. But despite the earnest statement on the company’s website that “These days everything about an Irish and a G.B. pint of Guinness draught are the same,” few of the faithful truly believe it. There’s something in the water from the Wicklow mountains, the Irish-grown barley or the Kilkenny hops...
...what Bill Clinton would have done - say it all again, with details and pint-sized porkers. The Democratic darlings came first. And the tax cut became as an afterthought. Education got the bulk of time, and Bush made sure we heard that it was his first love (yes, he likes teachers so much he married one) and his biggest outlay. "The highest percentage increase in our budget should go to our children's education. Education is my top priority and by supporting this budget, you will make it yours as well...
...chilly Cantabridgia. There isn't enough drinking--not nearly enough! Alcohol is expensive, parties are lame and everyone has a paper due the next day and a resume to pad. No one has the time to enjoy the simpler pleasures in life: the rich, loamy taste of a Guinness pint, the bubbly bite of a gin and tonic, the subtle musk of a fine merlot. Put bluntly, no one has time to just chill out and have a drink...