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...test was one that required not only a trained palate but also a certain imagination. The judges had already sampled wines in a pressurized room that replicates the taste-deadening conditions at 30,000 ft., so they knew to choose softer, fruitier wines. After six bottles had been chosen, their foil coverings were removed, and even the labels were judged. "The wine has to taste good. It also has to be perceived as good," said judge Anthony Dias Blue, wine and spirits editor of Bon Appetit magazine. All six of the selected wines passed the label test, and their makers...
...understand the long-term thinking and the staying power of SIA, it's worth thinking back to those wines that were chosen late last year, including a 1999 Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande, a Bordeaux that retails for upwards of $130, and a 1998 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Fay Vineyard Cabernet, an $85 Californian. Neither of them will be served on SIA's new U.S. flights this year. Instead, they will be cellared until 2005 or 2006, when they will have developed the right character for drinking. --With reporting by Douglas Wong/Singapore
...areas, such as cardiovascular diseases, in which treatments are judged to offer the greatest potential for profit. Senior vice president for business development Paul Sekhri, who helped pick these areas by going systematically through some 980 categories of ailments, says Vasella took a keen interest in how they were chosen. But while Vasella has taken aim at larger markets, he has ensured that more specialized products, such as ophthalmologic drugs, are not neglected. If there is enough of an unmet medical need, they too can be enormously profitable. David Epstein, head of Novartis' oncology unit, observes that a drug that...
...Paving the soundtrack are a dozen well-chosen seasonal favorites: the Ronettes' "Sleigh Ride," Johnny Mercer's "Jingle Bells," Doris Day's "Here Comes Santa Claus," Elvis' "Santa Claus Is Back In Town," Sinead O'Connor's "Silent Night," Guy Lombardo doing "Auld Lang Syne." My guess is that the movie will disappear, the CD (which hits the stores Nov. 20) will hang around for a few more Christmases. It has something to please every kid from... well, from...
Advancing his bid for the Undergraduate Council’s top spot, current UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 has chosen fellow UC insider Randall S. Sarafa ’09 as his vice-presidential candidate, according to two current UC representatives...