11.   Anyone who hates Sir Peter Hall should invite him to spend two weeks beside some idyllic swimming pool, doing nothing but sunbathe and sip champagne.

12.   At the reception, they sipped champagne from a quaich, a ceremonial drinking cup.

13.   Between facing the photographers and sipping champagne, Ms. Trump said that being involved with a magazine was easier than appearing on cable-television shopping channels.

14.   A Fort Edward newspaper published a cartoon showing EPA workers in biohazard suits sipping champagne at a lawn party with the horse-and-pearls set.

15.   After a night of sipping champagne, hugging Carly Simon, and offering birthday toasts to a White House staffer, the president got a late start Saturday.

16.   But the morning after they sipped champagne to celebrate their acquisition, the new bosses decided to sever all ties between Duquette and the franchise.

17.   But, as revelers sipped expensive champagne to welcome a New Year in a prosperous city, Olson lost a gallon-a-day battle with the bottle.

18.   Gordon likely will be sipping champagne next to a warm fireplace and cuddling a championship trophy.

19.   Guests, who included Monica Lewinsky, Anna Sui and model Shalom, sipped champagne as they examined blowup pages of the book that adorned the walls.

20.   He has sipped champagne, sure, but McGwire now is back to protein shakes and weightlifting sessions.