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Jun 30, 1998

Encounters: Making friends and influencing people

Societal philosophy is all so easy when you've downed a few rakis

Some things only work in context. Hawaiian shirts may seem cool to the hedonists on Waikiki. But once the plane takes off for the mainland, they are revealed as the ultimate in naff. So it is with raki. Sipped on the shores of the Bosphorus, it makes you feel like a millionaire - but then, with over 200,000 lira to the dollar, that doesn't take much. It also brings loquacity, illumination and wisdom. The bottle you pick up in the duty-free at Istanbul airport and try at home never has the

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