Word: rum
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...Somehow, I finagle myself into a party at the ambassador’s residence. There, I meet the members of a congressional committee and, more importantly, their military escorts. Impeccably mannered, neatly dressed, well-spoken military men and women flood the patio while the congressmen swill rum punch. A naval attaché takes me under her wing and introduces me to all the “right people” as I marvel at her grace, strength, presence and poise. Later in the summer, I wait by the side of the road for a bus back to La Paz Centro...
...predecessor [in 1950]. So it's wonderful to feel that now she's going to be at sea and guarding our shores just as in the days of yore ... Captain, splice the main brace" ? a reference to the old naval custom of an extra tot of rum, a round for a job well done. On the day before Easter, her job well done, the Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep at Royal Lodge, her residence at Windsor, with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, at her bedside...
...smothered in sour cream, guacamole and cheese—are heavenly when washed down with a Paulaner Hefeweizen, a light German beer served with a lemon wedge in a gigantic glass. On a blustery day, a mug of hot cider hits the spot, especially when enhanced with spiced rum...
DIED. GREGORIO FUENTES, 104, fisherman, thought to have inspired Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novella The Old Man and the Sea; in Cojimar, Cuba. The hard-drinking raconteur became a legend in Cojimar, where, in exchange for cash or rum, he regaled tourists with embellished reminiscences of Papa H., whose fishing boat he skippered for some 20 years...
...busy senior needs to unwind, his idea of a great party is one with some attractive girls, his roommates, and all of his friends from the Hasty Pudding and Tommy. Kevin adds, the party will “probably be one with a lot of fun Bermuda drinks like Rum Swizzles and Dark and Stormies that the Pudding drinks when we’re in Bermuda...