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Today 46 of the 50 states -- all but Alaska, Wyoming and North and South Dakota -- boast commercial operations that produce wine from grapes. Some are ma-and-pa vintners with an annual capacity of 1,000 cases or less. Others are industrial giants, like Washington's prizewinning Chateau Ste. Michelle, which turns out 500,000 cases a year of 14 different varietals. Most of these regional vintages, comparable to Europe's little country wines, have only local repute. But the White House has proudly served Cabernets from Texas, Pinot Noirs from Oregon and Chardonnays from Virginia and New York...
This month The Nutcracker will swirl into cities all around the country. Even the plainest staging will boast Tchaikovsky's rapturous score, the party scene's gentle lesson in golden-rule manners and, for little girls, the chance to dress up in winter finery. The New York City Ballet will have George Balanchine's exquisitely aristocratic Russian version (where dance aficionados often get their first chance to see new corps members perform solos). Across the river in Brooklyn, a new offshoot of the Bolshoi Ballet will show off its own simpler production. The Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle will feature...
...called Beyond the Boom (Poseidon Press; $18.95), edited by Teachout and with a sprightly introduction by Tom Wolfe. The book is not so much a group manifesto as what Teachout calls a "core sample" of opinions by these right-of-center urban yuppies. Beyond the Boom's contributors can boast of having 14 books produced or in the works...
...Bennett is 5 ft. 11 in., 260 lbs.) was arriving at drug night spots in a Rolls-Royce driven by a young Hispanic. This was a mistake Bennett repeated: he made himself too visible. He even drove up to a South Central car wash in his Mercedes-Benz to boast to bystanders, "I got more keys ((kilos of cocaine)) in my trunk than you all got clothes on your back...
...even greater challenge tomorrow when it is guaranteed to meet up with a top-twenty squad. UConn has been led this season by senior center Kerry Bascom (16.5 ppg.) and junior forward Orly Grossman (16.0 ppg.). Once again, the game looks to be decided down low, as the Huskies boast five six-footers...