21. Burns put off the champagne toast. 22. Crew members were restrained approaching the finish line under a billowing spinnaker, but soon were making champagne toasts. 23. First, there was a champagne toast. 24. Florentine filmmaker and theater producer Franco Zeffirelli, who directed the performance, joined the cast on stage afterward for a champagne toast. 25. Hardly a week passes without a goodbye party, which range from catered spreads and champagne toasts down to pretzels and ginger ale. 26. Kuerten said his champagne toast was more for his own successful year than anything else. 27. Looking fit and cheerful, Yeltsin shared a champagne toast with his wife, Naina, and the current first couple, Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin. 28. Presidents Kim Dae-jung of South Korea and Kim Jong Il of North Korea celebrated the pact with champagne toasts. 29. The former president then joined in a champagne toast to Mondale. 30. The inter-Korean summit turned out better than many had imagined, ending in clasped hands, champagne toasts and a historic accord to work toward eventual reunification. |