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...JORDAN Lawrence fought key battles of the Arab Revolt in 1917 in the desert landscape of Wadi Rum, 50 km northeast of the Red Sea port of Aqaba. Tourists can go on multiday camel or jeep safaris and spend the night in Bedouin tents on the sands of the parched Wadi, below imposing sandstone mountains. Captain's Desert Camp (tel: [962-3] 201 6905; www.captains-jo.com) offers desert tent accommodation, while Bedouin Roads (tel: [962] 795 899 723); www.bedouinroads.com) has local guides for mountain hikes...
...changed one year when I was in New Zealand for officer training, and our warrant officer told us to meet half an hour earlier on Anzac Day for our own service. There were just six of us Australians, all about 19 or 20 years old, and we had some rum in our coffee. I remember it was very bitter, and our warrant officer, who had served in Vietnam, talked to us about what Anzac Day meant to him. I realized then that it was more than just about old men whom I would never meet, and we all went...
...class-action suit to make the old recipe public. Mullins organized the Old Cola Drinkers of America, whose aim was to bring back the beloved soft drink. It did not matter that Mullins, in two blind tests, expressed a preference for new Coke over old Coke. He wanted his rum-and-Cokes to be just the way they always were...
...they'd be well advised to stop and maybe even own up. Saying sorry might earn them some goodwill." Perhaps, but elephants rarely apologize. - With reporting by Joe Kirwin Yo, Ho, Ho - and 35 bucks Are booze drinkers - already accustomed to upscale whiskey and "sipping tequila" - ready for pricey rum? France's Moët Hennessy thinks so: it's launching 10 Cane, a premium rum from Trinidad, in U.S. stores this spring. The price: $35 a bottle, about three times what you'd expect to pay for Bacardi. No word yet on whether 10 Cane will reach Europe...
Today, I can taste the difference between vodka and rum. When I want wine I ask my 21-plus friends to get me “two-buck chuck” because I know what it means. Occasionally, I come home sloppy-drunk. In my freshman roommate's words, I have started...