Word: rakie
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Next day, up in the rugged mountains of the interior, I walk into a coffee-shop for a shot of raki, the local brandy. A huge poster on the wall extols the "National Revolution" of the colonels. But above it, illuminated by a devotional oil lamp, like the holy icons, I see three photographs: E. Venizelos, the fiery Cretan liberal of the 1900's, John F. Kennedy, and George Papandreou! Gingerly, I steer the conversation into politics...
...English-Polynesian starlet named Laya Raki tore off her bikini top for photographers at the Venice Film Festival last week, but that was mostly because she was only an English-Polynesian starlet named Laya Raki and it was the Venice Film Festival...
Sort of a sippin' cousin to Greek ouzo or Turkish raki, pastis is a golden thirst quencher from the south of France that combines alcohol, herbs, licorice and anise and is mixed with water; the name in Provencal dialect literally means "mess." More than 350 brands are available, but Frenchmen usually call for a Ricard. As a result, Ricard Inc. has become the biggest aperitif maker in France, last year produced 30.6 million bottles, with sales of $66 million...
Going for Gold. No one took greater pleasure in the victory than Shinji Hi-raki, the company's founder and president-and no one has more confidence in Riccar's athletes. "I am sure that Yodasan will do better the next time," he said. Hiraki has a special reason for believing that playing games is good msiness. A third of his 18,000 employees take part in a company-sponsored after-hours sports program, and the top 100 or so athletes are housed in special dormitories and given practicing hours off with pay. Barring upsets and injuries, Riccar...
...eyed 52. In no time at all Premier Menderes was such a frequent caller at the singer's apartment that other tenants grew grumpily accustomed to being stopped and searched by bodyguards. Ayhan's apartment was kept plentifully stocked with Menderes' favorite Black Sea caviar and raki. For favors rendered, Menderes presented Ayhan with a black-lacquered American-style bar, a Buick of her own, and the use of a government limousine and chauffeur. By 1955 Menderes was spending more and more time with a new mistress, and Ayhan evidently decided that the way to hold...