Champagne corks pop in Manila in echo of Marcos era
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On Saturday nights, Manila's urban elite throng the invitation-only VVIP room at Embassy nightclub, where foie gras and a flute of champagne are the de rigeur accompaniments to checking out the dance floor.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 22--GULFPORT -- As part of Coca-Cola's celebration of 100 years in Gulfport, Coast Coca-Cola Co.
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The Blues is alive and well in the Philippines, as evidenced by this appreciation of the Pinoy Blues band 'Lampano Alley', penned by columnist Clarence Henderson as a counterpoint to his usual economics, business, and culture fare.
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The mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar B. Goodman, has made his love of drink a central element in a very successful public persona.
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Thousands of protesters massed in the Philippine capital Friday with some hurling tomatoes at images of President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, demanding their ouster for alleged corruption.
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MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Prisoners, supermarket workers, even the U.S. Ambassador: none are immune to the "Papaya" dance craze that is inspiring the Philippines to gyrate to its beat.
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Recent developments in the southern Philippines offer a degree of hope to Pentagon planners.
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If the summer bar scene in Manhattan seems too much of the same old, same old, an antidote might be this diverting musical confection by Jim Wann and Patricia Miller.
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An explosion of cocktail quality and variety in Londonâs watering holes is making this city a locus for movers and shakers who shake and stir.
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A strong earthquake jolted Manila and  other parts of the northern Philippines on Friday night,  prompting many to rush into the streets, but officials said  there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
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The celebration could come tonight. And then the church bells can ring, the car horns can blare, the corked bottles of champagne gathering dust since 1986 can be popped, and the hallelujahs
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In the posh hotel they occupy, far from the bleak, sun-baked desert that is the main Olympic complex, there must have been a whole bunch of champagne corks popping last night.
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In a region where monkey meat and snake-blood wine are hot menu items, the Southeast Asian country serves as a hub for selling and shipping rare&#151;and illegal&#151;delicacies.
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The ongoing celebration in the Ukrainian capital is beginning to take on a tinge of nostalgia.
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The ballroom is decorated with floor-to-ceiling paintings of shiny soda fountains, classic cars and the old store windows downtown. A stoop juts out from a rendering of the high school facade, so graduates can sit and talk &#151; just like in the old days. And just like in the old days, not everyone in town is invited.
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Life's big celebrations -- weddings, graduations, and, of course, New Year's Eve -- will probably always call for crisp champagne.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--Election-related spending and a resilient services sector spurred the Philippine economy to grow more strongly than expected in the