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...next week, and in the U.S., Italy and Germany next spring. Nossiter is working his material into a 10-hour television series on the same topic, to be released sometime next summer. Far from a tiresome screed about the perils of globalization, Mondovino makes its argument by portraying the outsized personalities Nossiter finds across the spectrum of the wine-making world. We hear the emphatic musings of Languedoc vintner Aimé Guibert, who calls wine "mankind's quasi-religious relationship with the natural elements." Hubert de Montille, a hilariously irascible winemaker from Burgundy, points out that "where there are vines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War on Terroir | 11/28/2004 | See Source »

...been argued that the new SAT will remove the advantage that wealthy students have traditionally had on the test, outperforming their poorer counterparts. However, this argument clearly overlooks the necessary factors to scoring well on an essay on a standardized test. The weight of cultural gaps as well as monetary ones will be increased by the addition of the essay because the ability of one to write a high-scoring essay will be sorely hindered by language barriers and cultural barriers. The margin for error increases exponentially...

Author: By Reva P. Minkoff, | Title: A Futile Attempt | 11/24/2004 | See Source »

Chinese oil company, that company then invests in Sudan, and therefore Harvard is responsible for helping finance the genocide in Sudan and is morally obliged to stop. They apply this principle to a less extreme degree, but their argument nevertheless relies on the same principles, and therefore holds just as little water...

Author: By Andrew Lim, | Title: Divestiture from Sudan not as simple as it sounds | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...bridge, a two-lane motorway, a pivot or a damn high wire, our job is to keep our sights firmly on both sides of the Atlantic." But Chirac said bluntly that Blair had received little in return for his loyalty to Bush. Who ends up winning the argument is mostly up to Bush - who is banking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

Krickbaum stressed that marriage is defined by a “relation of mutual love and support.” He cited case law allowing marriage for interracial couples and imprisoned criminals to support his argument for same-sex marriage...

Author: By Allison A. Frost, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ginsburg Judges Moot Court | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

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