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...familiar sour wine (a literal translation of the French vin aigre) that has become the condiment of the hour -- and not just to sprinkle on salads or pickle veggies. As diet-conscious customers shun butter and cream, top toques at grand-luxe restaurants increasingly use it to give low-cal piquancy to their creations. At Manhattan's Montrachet, chef Debra Ponzek uses champagne vinegar as a basis for lemongrass sauce and dollops cider vinegar into a ginger sauce for roast duck...
...wind. Its neighbor, Southern California Edison, joined forces this month with Texas Instruments in a six-year, $10 million project that will use low-grade silicon instead of more expensive higher grades to make photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Says Robert Dietch, a Southern Cal Edison vice president: "This has the potential to be the type of breakthrough technology we've all been looking for in the solar industry...
...chiropractor who sparked Robert's interest in the profession, sensed how deeply withdrawn he was. "I called him Bob and treated him like a pal," says Mueller, "trying to coax him out of his shell." Once Robert invited him out to the farm to practice firing his .45-cal. Magnum. "I was struck by this mild young man's fascination with guns," recalls the chiropractor. "He kept shooting at trees as if they were people. That should have been a warning...
Last Thursday's heartbreaking loss to the Cougars--which eluded Harvard, 5-4, in a last-gasp comeback--and two run-away wins over Fresno State and Cal-Poly Pomona should serve as a welcome boost to the Crimson's confidence heading into Ivy League action which begins this week...
...Crimson didn't jet back to Boston empty-handed, though. Harvard cruised to an 8-1 blowout of the second-ranked team in Division II tennis, Cal-Poly Pomona, on Friday...