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...Radio National listeners or Sydney's droning talk shops. Beazley's relentless message is that Labor is focused on the "kitchen table" issues that preoccupy families. Such as? Interest rates, petrol prices, schools, job security and Iraq. And because McMansions have formal dining rooms, and maybe because wine is so cheap, our dinner-party talk now extends to North Korea's nukes, terrorism, values, global warming and water policy. Seemingly vulnerable on many of the signal issues, John Howard has brought together those last three talking points in his response to the country's long drought. In the argot...
...third century A.D., the Chinese scholar and musician Ruan Ji began a 60-day drinking binge. Ji got smashed every day to avoid serving in a corrupt government, and wrote music like “Wine Madness,” which in some versions has a final coda labeled “The immortal exhales his wine.” Though drinking served as a leitmotif during last week’s residency of the Silk Road Project—founded and directed by Yo-Yo Ma ’76—each piece of music was far more...
...between actors, we talk about families and food and wine rather than the business...
During the apartheid era, South African wine was controlled by a government monopoly that set rules on viticulture that were every bit as strict as those in France. But in the last decade and a half, the industry has been essentially reborn as it has rushed to embrace the global market. The old monopoly has gone, and producers have replaced over 40% of the nation's vines - ripping[an error occurred while processing this directive] out the white grapes long favored for domestic consumption and planting a wide range of reds for export. And they've learned the hard...
Over 300 patrons at Smile Thai Cafe on Eliot St. have signed a petition supporting its recent application for a wine-and-beer license, according to the restaurant’s owner. Patricia Sukijthamapan, owner of Smile Thai Cafe, said she will seek approval at a hearing with the Cambridge License Committee (CLC) on Nov. 14. “Every single night, a customer asks for beer and wine,” Sukijthamapan said. She added that because Tanjore, located on the first floor of the 16-18 Eliot St. building, is licensed to sell alcohol, she loses customers...