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...were ascribed to dragons or extinct lizards or even giant ravens. Owen realized that these enormous bones belonged to a previously unknown and long-extinct group of animals related to but different from lizards. Dinosaurs became an immediate rage in London. An 1854 exhibition at Hyde Park's Crystal Palace featured a number of life-size dinosaur models that drew throngs of admirers...
...label on Crystal Geyser natural Alpine spring water boasts that it is nothing less than "nature's perfect beverage." The drink, reads the label, "begins as the pure snow and rain that falls on 12,000-ft. Olancha peak in the towering Sierra. This pristine water is naturally filtered through the mountain's bedrock...
...language is evocative and the imagery idyllic, but unfortunately Crystal Geyser's claims are something of an exaggeration. Or so says the North Carolina agriculture department, which recently ordered Crystal Geyser and seven other bottled waters, including the popular Naya and Poland Spring brands, removed from store shelves in that state because of "false and deceptive labeling." Instead of tapping a free-flowing spring, said the department, the bottlers drilled holes into underground wells and mechanically pumped out water. Says the department's legal-affairs director, David McLeod: "You can't sell well water as spring water in this state...
...bottlers, however, led by the International Bottled Water Association, are lobbying for a more liberal interpretation, which would include water collected from underground springs using drilled holes. Such companies as McKesson (producer of the Sparkletts, Alhambra and Crystal labels) and Evian argue that boreholes are just another way of extracting water of the same quality. With boreholes, water can be pumped out in much higher volume and at lower cost. Says Kim Jeffery, president of Perrier Group of America (Poland Spring, Calistoga, Arrowhead, Great Bear, Volvic): "Whether you deliver it by C-section or natural childbirth, it's still...
...okay that you don't recognize these names. You may have a life. But the fact that I'd never heard of these people until this year's spring training began is instructive. When Helen Slater asked Billy Crystal in "City Slickers" who was the third baseman for the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates. I shouted out "Don Hoke!" before Crystal could read his line...