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While the Wildcats’ backcourt can’t boast guards such as Tar Heels’ Nikki Teasley and Coretta Brown, Kansas St. can still rely on 6’0 Megan Mahoney, who averages nearly 15 points and five assists a game...
...apple strudel and chocolate danishes. And, yes, there are hamantaschen. Almost two shelves are devoted to the treat, with flavors including prune, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, apricot and more ($0.65 for small). The hamantaschen shell is crisp and sweet, with a hint of lemon. The fruit fillings do not boast a puree of actual fruit, although the final result is nonetheless appetizing...
There are good reasons for Gigante to think big. Having recently surpassed African Americans (12.7% of Americans) as the biggest minority group in the U.S., Latinos (13%) boast a collective disposable income of $450 billion a year, with much of that money going toward food. Latinos visit grocery stores an average of 4.4 times a week--twice as often as non-Latinos--and Latino households spend one-third more on groceries...
...several decades. There are sure of their own abilities and incredibly proud of the soldiers they lead. When asked about what they expect in a fight with the Iraqi army they are, to a man, certain that they can annihilate anything thrown at them. This is not a boast. It is a certainty that comes after thousands of hours in training that is, in many ways, more demanding then actual...
Move over, Gallo. The title of world's largest vintner will soon go to Constellation Brands, whose Canandaigua Wine subsidiary was featured on our cover in October. Constellation is swallowing Australia's largest vintner, BRL Hardy, to form a global giant that will boast $1.7 billion in annual wine sales. Based in Fairport, N.Y., Constellation already owns such mass-market wines as Almaden and Inglenook and was running a joint venture with BRL before deciding to buy it for $1.4 billion. "There is no Coca-Cola, Microsoft or Nestle of the winemaking world," says BRL managing director Stephen Millar...