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...backed Chávez for taking a stand against their criminally corrupt élite, who for decades had pillaged the oil wealth and left half the population in poverty. That popular support got him and his comrades released, and Chávez set out to take power at the ballot box instead. In 1998 he won a landslide presidential victory (and another in a special 2000 election...
...adversely affects up to 10% of all bottles of wine. (Synthetic corks solve some of those issues but raise their own.) Recently, however, the search for alternatives to the cork has heated up. Here's how some pioneering winemakers are thinking outside--or, in some cases, literally inside--the box to make wine better, more accessible and less perishable...
...BOXES AND CARTONS Bag-in-the-box containers can keep wines fresh for four to six weeks after they're opened, thanks to the vacuum-sealed bag inside that collapses as the wine is consumed, making it difficult for oxygen to get in and spoil what's left. Although box wines often come in 3-L sizes, equivalent to four bottles of wine, more convenient 1.5-L boxes are becoming available...
...Verne "Mini Me" Troyer. Of the four remaining contestants, he is the only one expected to put up any sort of fight. Boll, however, is still cautious: "I have a few disadvantages," he says. "I have to do four fights in a row-that is super-exhausting. I cannot box 12 rounds. If I don?t knock some people out in the first rounds I will not survive the last fight...
...political groups both sport small, box-shaped ads for the popular cyber-retailer on their respective webpages. In exchange, the Dems and the HRC receive small percentages of the purchases made after clicking on the advertisements...