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...from the fermented fruit? Ah, yes, the joys of pre-frosh weekend. We recall the Scarlet Folders (so shameful!, the endless self-introductions, the relentless lines at the Union, the roving packs of frustrated party-seekers, the foamy keg in Matthews, the Greys party's recycling bin filled with vodka and Kool-Aid...and that's all we remember...

Author: By Elg & Yhy, | Title: From the editors | 4/20/1995 | See Source »

...Sophie as the romantic interest, a nut of a different flavor. In another novel, Lightman might have found better use for his more intriguing characters--Uncle Maury the gambler who tries to expiate himself by fixing the plumbing, Davis the aging, macho thesis adviser who bets bottles of vodka on his own conjectures...

Author: By Karen M. Olsson, | Title: MIT Professor's Benito Lacks Einstein's Grace | 4/6/1995 | See Source »

...John Paul II. Later, the Pope had them play at his place. "After the Vatican show," Moloney recalls, "he gave us rosary beads. But we were a little disappointed he didn't invite us to stay for lunch--we were starved!--or for any of his Polish vodka...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FROM EMERALD TO GOLD | 3/20/1995 | See Source »

...Emerald Hill, an understated establishment favored by the artistic community. There, surrounded by walls of peeling paint and cooled by electric fans, he would listen to blues and soul in the evening, drinking gin and tonics or whiskey, perhaps staring at the apple slices in the giant jar of vodka or the bottled snake on the liquor shelf. When a wine bar opened next door, Leeson spent more and more time there. "It's like an old boys' club, where the guys smoke cigars in leather arm chairs," said Johnny Walker, the bartender at 5 Emerald Hill. Leeson began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicholas Leeson: GOING FOR BROKE | 3/13/1995 | See Source »

...build their Taj Mahal for their wives." At aphoto-opat the mausoleum yesterday, Zhirinovsky reclined in a marble niche, Roman style, and invited photographers to click away. He capped off the tour this morning by suggesting that India annex Pakistan and Bangladesh, then presenting a bottle of Russian vodka to a top Indian minister, who by law is forbidden to drink in public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEVER ONE TO CURRY FAVOR | 3/8/1995 | See Source »

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