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Given that airlines can easily spend upwards of $10 million annually on wine, buyers and tasters bear a heavy responsibility. Bouquet and taste are greatly affected by the lower humidity and pressurized atmosphere of an aircraft. The "nose" will be less pronounced and the palate duller. "Particularly on long-haul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vino, To Go | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

Recognizing that he has to give up something about himself, Crowe sometimes offers a true, if somewhat diversionary, narrative: Russell Crowe, simple bloke. Asked what advice he would give to an actor playing him, he says, "I'd tell them to get another job. It wouldn't be worth doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: The Bold Man and The Sea | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

The Æthiop, by the way, is a mysterious character who guides a faction set against the Caliph Ali into the palace in secrecy. One wishes that Steve Schaefer ’05 had played the Æthiop with more exaggeration—that he had been more...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Long-Lost 'Æthiop' Still Charms | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

Even at first glance, it’s evident that the Barcelona native is not a stereotypical economist, typified, as he says, by “a dark suit and boring tie.” During his FM interview, Sala-I-Martin sports an orange blazer and coordinating Halloween-themed...

Author: By M.m. Dolan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Than the Bear Necessities | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

Sala-I-Martin extends his quirkiness to all aspects of his life, including his teaching. “I try to make class as fun as possible,” he says. Case in point: This Disney fanatic has created a series of problem sets centered around Disney movies. The...

Author: By M.m. Dolan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: More Than the Bear Necessities | 11/6/2003 | See Source »

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