Word: bice
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...companies supplying these materials are thinking less about discretion than discretionary income: last year children ages four to 12 spent about $17 billion on food, clothes and toys, while their parents spent hundreds of billions more on their behalf. Where some see students, others see captive consumers. Brian Bice, president of Jordan Education Media in Portland, Oregon, which has developed programs for Disney and Hi-C, says it is naive to think businesses will just write checks to help out schools. "The private sector will be more eager to support education in the form of teaching materials, provided they...
...night to remember last May at the Italian restaurant Bice in downtown Tokyo. The room was agog because among the diners were two middle-aged men, one burly, the other downright fat. They sat around jawing about sports -- soccer, tennis, Formula 1 auto racing. At one point they turned to chat about fashion with a neighboring party of awed Italians. The cause of the stir was that the two amiable gents were the world's most famous opera singers and among the richest and best-known entertainers in any field: Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti...
...Sandi Tang, a partner with her husband in Tommy Tang's, N.Y. and L.A., which serves Thai cuisine. "But on Melrose Avenue, it's rice and noodle dishes, all prepared with olive oil." And the waiter had better be , on top of that information. Warns Paul Guzzardo, who runs Bice, a Milanese restaurant that has branches in both cities: "In our Beverly Hills place, people really question and challenge. Is the vinegar balsamic? What is the exact pedigree of the house wine? Is the lettuce organically grown...