1.   Robin opened some champagne.

2.   The meal continued, the champagne was opened, poured, a toast drunk, and Leith outwardly smiled.

3.   These were the very same people who cracked open the champagne when the GLC closed its doors for good.

4.   They can be excused for not opening champagne on Tuesday, and for shunning the party at the Brandenburg Gate.

5.   Early signs in Paris were good for the left, but the Socialists were not yet prepared to open the champagne.

6.   If France conquers Brazil in its moment of truth Sunday night, one poll shows, nearly half of all Frenchmen will pop open the champagne.

7.   In a live telecast for Croatian television, Majoli urged her father, who was in Zagreb, to open the champagne.

8.   But, even before the champagne was opened, Mike Atherton delivered a sobering note of caution.