The older wines call for a little more contemplation, the accompaniment of something on the order of a fine cigar in front of a roaring fire.

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Imagine a cross between a Homeric rhapsode, chanting one of the epics in front of a roaring fire, and the blues singer Muddy Waters.

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"We put down our roots, literally and figuratively, " Leanne Baum said, bouncing her curly-haired daughter on her hip before a roaring fire in her family room.

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Rooms are luxurious and a roaring fire adds to the Northwestern coziness, but the chances are you'll be to busy gazing out across the bay to even notice.

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At the Geneva summit of 1985, for example, Ronald Reagan on his advice did not confront Mikhail Gorbachev, but sat by a roaring fire with him while they exchanged ideas.

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The housekeeper will, no doubt, welcome them with tea and freshly baked scones by a roaring log fire.

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