1.   Most telling of all, even the bars that sell that most lethal of alcoholic concoctions, the hurricane, were battened down.

2.   High prices have encouraged some Russians to resort to drinking cheap but often lethal alcoholic concoctions.

3.   Russians often resort to brewing cheap but often lethal alcoholic concoctions, and many die every year from drinking the mixtures.

4.   Russians also often resort to brewing cheap but often lethal alcoholic concoctions, and many die every year from drinking the mixtures.

5.   Russians often resort to mixing cheap but often lethal alcoholic concoctions, and many die every year from drinking the mixtures.