Word: armfuls
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...early 1990s, they are even forbidden from using their grapes to make table wine; the only production allowed in Bordeaux is of high-quality appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC). "They tied their own hands behind their back," says Christopher Carson, former ceo of the European arm of drinks firm Constellation, who played a key role in bringing Australian wine to the U.K. Over the course of 15 years, he watched the market share of Australian wines soar from about 1% to more than 21% now - five percentage points ahead of the French - as British drinking habits...
...ranging from “25 Polka Greats” to Mendelssohn.Paint cans, light bulbs, broken chandeliers, and about 15 old radio speakers complete the outfit. The artists then used Discmans, videocams, and binaural sound equipment to create the accompanying “opera.”The arm of one of five record players lifts up, the megaphone announces the pieces, and the sound of clapping is heard.The needle touches down and a haunting aria escapes from one of the speakers—the viewer dives into the scene and the music and the play of the light reflecting...
Vice President Cheney marched onto Air Force Two Thursday morning with fat briefing books under each arm as he headed out for another day of tireless campaigning - which may not be his first love but turns out to be one of his most valuable gifts to a beleaguered Republican Party. The Vice President is so warmly received by the conservative faithful that he is routinely able to joke that his welcome is "almost enough to make me run for office again." He lets the laughter and applause die down and then deadpans, "Almost...
...round draft choice by the Oakland A's in 1971, out of a small town in Oklahoma called Ada. He was tall and handsome and hard throwing but without much discipline. He lasted six years in the minors, including a stint with the Fort Lauderdale Yankees, before a bad arm and some bad habits landed him back...
...children in the developing world and the cause of one-third of child deaths in Bangladesh. Her 15-year-old mother, Jharana, had never heard of diarrhea before she was advised to take Sohag to ICDDR's hospital. There, the baby received saline solution through a vein in her arm, and a rice-based solution through a tube in her nose. Weak as she is, patients like Sohag who make it to a hospital are the lucky ones. Most of them are treated and released within a few days, as her doctor expected Sohag would be. But many children never...