All of my family is OK. We are sitting in the living room, some are drinking tea, some are drinking milk, waiting for Dad to come back.

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In the dimly lit living room, an old woman was drinking a whitish-colored liqueur.

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The Colony Room, a private members' drinking club, is a small, brashly green-painted space up some narrow stairs.

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While dirndls still give a nod to tradition with wide skirts, corsets and aprons, designers have given the outfit a modern twist with brighter colours, fresh design and a little extra room in the corset to allow for plenty of beer drinking.

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In some company this statement could clear the room fast, but sommeliers love Riesling, despite the relative skepticism of the American drinking public, and they also tend to love Chenin, for some of the same reasons it's relatively high-acid, which makes it food-friendly and lively even when it has residual sugar.

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