Uncertainty over the sale of the state-owned copper mines could cause the kwacha to devalue, however, bringing the cost of a booze-up in Lusaka more in line with the African average.
But they also wanted to help, say, a wine merchant who wants to advocate the defeat of a politician who jacks up booze taxes.
At this week's "upfront" events, designed to get advertisers to shell out billions for next fall's television schedule, the broadcast networks rented out fancy Manhattan theaters, wooed clients with free booze, and talked up their strategies to generate online eyeballs.
"We showed up for the booze - I didn't even know we were nominated, " they said.
French bread is stuffed with meat and veggies and other stuff that can soak up all the booze.
Or head over to another historical spot, the Brown Hotel , where you can soak up all that booze with the one and only Hot Brown -- an open-face sandwich casserole layered with bacon and Mournay sauce -- at the English Grill.
Then there are the clothes, the make-up and the money spent on booze and discos to gain entry into the right circles where they might meet up with advertisers, television producers or filmmakers.
Now it boasts three divisions--ferries, ports and logistics, although most U.K. landlubbers know it solely as a means of doing a "booze cruise"--loading up a hired van with cheap beer and wine from French supermarkets for the festive season.
This is both a comforting reminder of how safe young kids really are and an illustration that the health of teenagers is caught up as much in cars made by Ford and booze made by Diageo as it is in vaccines made by Merck or GlaxoSmithkline.
Alcohol content is up there, 14.5%, but there is enough acidity going on to keep the booze in check.
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