Word: wined
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...Courier-Mail; moving in, at the age of 19, with a thirtyish American stripper named Melodie ("She taught me a lot, and it wasn't just how to carry a tune"); and writing for publications too poor to pay him anything besides meals and flagons of cheap wine. He eventually began earning notice as a crime reporter on Sydney's Daily Telegraph, but it was only when he went to Hong Kong in 1968, to take up a job on a now defunct tabloid, that his passion for journalism became wedded to his love for a place...
...emphasized how some Americans have become spoiled brats. "I want Alaskan salmon, truffles from Europe, a bottle of Beaujolais, a damn pineapple." I want, I want, I want. Considering that two-thirds of our nation's adults are overweight, perhaps a few more carrots and fewer imported bottles of wine are just what the country needs. Nick Jensen, Campbell, California...
...Room brings together the classics - Chanel watches, Tiffany silverware, Hermès scarves - with more audacious items like the gold-plated, diamond-encrusted Vertu phone decorated with a ruby snake and costing $370,000, the price of a one-bedroom apartment in South London. Catering to foreign tastes, exclusive wine bars are serving more sake, while the city's best butchers offer halal meats. Restaurants and members' clubs that used to be the domain of the old-money English are now mini-Babels, buzzing with the sounds of dozens of different languages...
...This wealth-driven inflation has hit liquid assets as well. At the London International Vintners Exchange, an online marketplace for fine wines, managing director James Miles has watched prices for the top Bordeaux double over the past two years, driven in part by wealthy foreigners. "These guys all aspire for the rich man's toys, which doesn't just mean having boats and fast cars, but also having a great cellar," he says. A 12-bottle case of 2000 Chateau Lafite Rothschild that sold for $8,800 in 2005 cost $20,000 last year, while a case of Chateau Petrus...
...couples, the benefits probably flow to them too. Some of the reasons for this are obvious. Smoking and drinking naturally decline if you've got a spouse at your side flashing you a don't-you-dare look when you reach for a cigarette or a third glass of wine. Depression and other emotional ills are less likely to go undiagnosed if there's someone at home who's mindful of your moods and notices if they darken. But there are other, less self-evident things at work too--things that you didn't realize when you decided...