Word: czechs
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...national, more diverse pool on the basis of the familiar college-admissions test and then sent on to the same colleges and the same influential institutions the Wasps had previously dominated. Today the President is a lower-middle-class Southern Baptist from Arkansas, the Secretary of State is a Czech immigrant, and the CEO of TIME's parent company is Jewish, but all three went to highly selective private colleges in the East. The change goes beyond mere anecdote. The overall tenor of elite institutions such as law firms, investment banks and university faculties has changed, becoming distinctly brainier, less...
...longer is a larger version of the local neighborhood. Increasingly, the players don't hail from the Great North. The best player in the game right now, Jaromir Jagr, hails from the Czech Republic. The hottest player in the league right now, Patrik Elias, is also from there...
Anyone familiar with the delights of what Czechs affectionately call liquid bread will not be surprised to learn that Czechs consume more beer per capita than any other nationality. In 1998 they quaffed around 170 qts. each, beating the Germans, who managed just 134 qts., into a poor second place. (Americans finished 13th, with 88 qts.) In a league of its own is the Czech Republic's most famous beer, Pilsner Urquell. The original bottom-fermented Pils, or lager, it was first brewed in the Bohemian city of Pilsen in 1842. "It's a Rolls-Royce among beers," purrs Pilsner...
...look who's behind the wheel now. The new owner of the world's most admired beer is South African Breweries, which last October bought a controlling interest in Pilsner Urquell and Radegast, the Czech Republic's two top brewers, from investment bank Nomura International in a $321 million deal. With it, SAB got the right to acquire Nomura's remaining stake by June 30, 2001, for $308 million. That makes SAB Central Europe's biggest brewer and vaults it into third spot worldwide, after Anheuser-Busch of the U.S. and Heineken of the Netherlands...
...assault on the U.S. market is not in the cards; further expansion in Europe is more likely. Before its Czech purchases, SAB established itself in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia. A top brand like Pilsner Urquell, say industry insiders, will reinforce SAB's No. 1 position in the region and eventually give it the edge over Heineken in Germany as well. But rival Anheuser-Busch has little cause for concern. Although the St. Louis-based giant had expressed an interest in bidding for Nomura's Czech brewing interests, Eastern Europe is "not a priority region for our international development...