Archive for June 2008

Alcohol is making women fat - News.com.au

AS women catch up with men in the drinking stakes, their waistlines are also catching up with the beer belly, according to health experts. An English dietitian has given the apple-shaped body type a new name - the wineglass - due to the love of the …

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When is a cab not a cab? - Ottawa Citizen

When is a cab not a cab?
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 21 hours ago
You can’t judge alcohol content by the label on a wine bottle. As I explained in a recent column, depending on the origin of the wine, the actual content

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Alcohol shaping women’s bodies - News.com.au

AS women catch up with men in the drinking stakes, their waistlines are also catching up with the beer belly, according to health experts. An English dietitian has given the apple-shaped body type a new name - the wineglass - due to the love of the …

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Old golf bag scores as garden-tool caddy - Arizona Republic

Old golf bag scores as garden-tool caddy
Arizona Republic, AZ - 9 hours ago
I cut the bottom off an empty wine bottle. Then I placed it over the small candle, which was set in a dish on our patio table, to act as a chimney.

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Webster police reports - Democrat and Chronicle

Theft: Someone stole an Apple iPod classic and radio adaptor valued at $380 from a car parked in an East Main Street driveway between 9 p.m. June 16 and 7 a.m. June 17. Electronics stolen: A Basket Road resident reported that someone stole a Pioneer …

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Italian cork maker to double size of Sonoma facility - North Bay Business Journal

SONOMA – Italy’s largest producer of natural cork wine bottle stoppers is planning to double the size of its North American distribution hub to have more room for quality control and increase efficiency. Ganau America, a subsidiary of family …

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New on CD: June 27 - Knoxville News Sentinel

A general rule of thumb for singer-songwriters: Don’t let your weaknesses get the best of you. Performers who go it alone are prone to being fatally overshadowed by flaws such as a generic voice or a monotonous sound. By that measure, Amos Lee’s …

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MAD AVE.’S MOD MINDS - New York Post

WHERE’S the beef? Try Madison Avenue at 34th Street, where Mad Men meet Mad Women. “The Real Men and Women of Madison Avenue and Their Impact on American Culture,” which just opened at the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business …

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Wine goes down easy at cozy Uptown bar Vino 100 - Dallas Morning News


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Wine goes down easy at cozy Uptown bar Vino 100
Dallas Morning News, TX - 20 minutes ago
Near a window, a couple huddled together and talked, an open wine bottle between them. Vino 100’s by-the-glass list includes six whites, seven reds and a

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Another way to get an apple a day - Inrich.com

CHARLOTTESVILLE In early America, the undisputed beverage of choice was hard apple cider — even more so than water. Thomas Jefferson brewed champagne-like cider out of Virginia Hewe’s Crab apples at Monticello. John Adams guzzled a pitcher each …

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