Word: arrowhead
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sparkletts, Alhambra and Crystal labels) and Evian argue that boreholes are just another way of extracting water of the same quality. With boreholes, water can be pumped out in much higher volume and at lower cost. Says Kim Jeffery, president of Perrier Group of America (Poland Spring, Calistoga, Arrowhead, Great Bear, Volvic): "Whether you deliver it by C-section or natural childbirth, it's still a baby...
...words that friends invariably use when describing this rare bird are Wasp and patrician -- Matthiessen's voice resounds with the kind of arrowhead sternness they hardly seem to make anymore (and his sister was the college roommate of George Bush's sister). Tomato has seldom had a longer a, and visitors are handled with a reserve at once concealed and intensified by easy courtesy. Yet the other thing always said about Matthiessen is that he's persistently tried to escape the comfort of his upbringing and put himself in wild places where privilege has no meaning...
...Task Force believes the acquisition of Perrier, the world's leading brand of mineral water, with 20% of the market, gives Nestle half of all bottled-water sales in France. Perrier also owns Poland Spring, Great Bear and Arrowhead in the U.S. The panel will also look into a possible duopoly created by Nestle's sale of Volvic, one of Perrier's still-water brands, to France's leading food group, BSN. Should it uncover violations, Brussels will probably seek redress by forcing Nestle to sell off some assets rather than annulling the deal, a punishment the E.C. has carried...
Then there is the state's unparalleled sports infrastructure. California boasts some of the world's best sporting mentors, among them UCLA volleyball coach Al Scates, Stanford University swimming coach Skip Kenney, ice-skating coach Frank Carroll of the Ice Castles Training Center in Lake Arrowhead and gymnastics coach Don Peters of the Southern California Acrobatic Team in Huntington Beach. A vast network of facilities, leagues, coaches and clubs crisscrosses the state...
When the Harvard scholar finally acquiesced to the old man's wishes, just days before Williams left the excavation town, he practically stepped on bits of pottery. "When I went down [to the site] I picked up an arrowhead--now dated from about 6000 B.C.," he says...