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...monarchs were beheaded, but the upheaval on the tiny, weather-beaten English Channel island of Sark was nothing short of revolutionary. For 400 years, the 600-strong community, which has no paved roads, cars or streetlights, has remained Europe's last bastion of feudalism. A powerful overlord appointed the island's judiciary and gave his consent for each meeting of the government, a 52-seat parliament called the Chief Pleas, in which a majority of the seats was reserved for landowners...
That changed on Jan. 16, when the Chief Pleas passed a law mandating universal suffrage and ending the practice of reserving seats for the landed gentry. It also agreed to limit the role of the island's master, known in Sark's French-English patois as the Seigneur, and to make its constitution a democracy...
...banner year for the Scotch whisky industry, with exports exceeding 1 billion bottles for the first time ever. "The world's love affair with whisky is far from over," says Ian Good, chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association and CEO of the Edrington Group, which makes Cutty Sark and The Famous Grouse whiskies. "It's still the world's No. 1 spirit, exported to over 200 markets." Staying No. 1 will not be easy. Last year may have seen record export volume, but what matters most is export revenue. (Fluctuations in currency and the wholesale price of whisky can cause...
...cost of one bottle of Cutty Sark Scotch whisky went up last week, to $72,500. That, at least, is what Joseph and Catherine Zak's insurance company will have to pay for the bottle they served to Donald Gwinnell back in 1980. After leaving the Zaks' home in Long Branch, N.J., Gwinnell smashed his car head on into a car driven by Marie Kelly, who sued. Last June the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the Zaks and other hosts could be found liable if they served liquor directly to a guest and sent him out drunk onto...
...Lyndon Johnson carried a plastic-encased electrocardiogram to show any doubters that his damaged heart was still pumping adequately. He napped two hours a day, then revived with a cold shower rigged for 80 lbs. of pressure per square inch over his enormous body-and great gulps of Cutty Sark Scotch. Ike went through a heart attack, ileitis and a stroke but seemed to grow in kindness and wisdom as if to counterbalance his physical deterioration. He was as effective when he finished as when he started, but he was nowhere near as vigorous, physically or mentally...