Word: rye
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...that's how he wanted it, but even his quaver isn't good enough to carry a 71-min. album that was 17 years in the making. "If I thought that I was crazy/ Well I guess I'd have more fun," Rose sings in "The Catcher in the Rye," and he may be on to something. Chinese Democracy is as obsessive as you'd expect, but it's not nearly crazy enough...
...POTOCKI WODKA First produced by the aristocratic Potocki family in 1816, this is a liquor with a legacy. Made from Polish rye, it's distilled only twice and is unfiltered, letting it keep its nutty aroma and robust, chocolatey taste. ($60; www.potockivodka.com...
...BELVEDERE The hip-hop star's vodka of choice: both Jay-Z and Missy Elliott like to big up this silky Polish brew. Made from a single type of grain - Dankowskie gold rye - and water from the distillery's own wells, this slightly sweet spirit makes a perfect vodka martini. ($50; www.belvedere-vodka.com...
...Wimbledon tore out all its courts and planted a new variety of groundcover. The new grass was 100% perennial rye; the old courts had been a mix of 70% rye and 30% creeping red fescue. The new lawn was more durable, and allowed Wimbledon's groundsmen to keep the soil underneath drier and firmer. A firmer surface causes the ball to bounce higher. A high bounce is anathema to the serve-and-volley player, who relies on approach shots skidding low through the court. What's more, rye, unlike fescue, grows in tufts that stand straight up; these tufts slow...
...dead and Ares takes the blame for a murder he did not commit, all to save the brother whose care he once resented. As far as coming-of-age tales go, “The God of War” is no “Catcher in the Rye.” Ares’ developmental transitions seem sudden and uninspired, and his experiences with puberty and teenage angst seem trite, almost cliché. After the story’s climax, when Ares covers for Malcolm’s fatal mistake, the novel’s narrative structure takes...