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...labels. Those who dine frequently at Chinese restaurants may be familiar with brands like Great Wall or Dynasty. And the steady progress of Indian cuisine from takeaway fodder to the dainty, ghee-free offerings of designer restaurants has also brought the name of Dindori Reserve - a decent Shiraz from India's Sula vineyards - to greater notice. But what about other Eastern bottlings? In tandem with Asia's ever-rising levels of wine consumption, the last two decades have seen a surge of interest in wine production, with entrepreneurs and hobbyists staking out their choices of terroir in the unlikeliest...
Hayek is of Lebanese-Mexican decent and was raised in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico by her businessman father and opera-singer mother. She began her acting career as the title role in “Teresa” (1989), a hugely popular telenovela (Mexican soap opera), and later rose to Hollywood fame...
...Crimson argues that Harvard has to pay its managers as much as $18 million per year in order to achieve decent investment results. Why, then, can Yale achieve superior results with far lower compensation? Surely, Swenson could earn far more money if he left Yale. Similarly, Larry Summers could earn far more money if he left Harvard for the private sector, but Harvard does not, and should not, pay him tens of millions of dollars to retain his services...
...tired and stripped of all attitude. Many of the songs feel rushed and sloppy, and it’s easy to get the sense that the band needed a bit more rehearsal before entering the recording studio. Nonetheless, Doherty and company managed to lay down some genuinely decent tracks. The single “Fuck Forever” is great stadium rock, although it feels more Oasis than Libertines. Standout track “A’rebours” recalls the shimmery stop-and-go pop of the Zombies. “Albion,” is the album?...
Jackson is decent, but the role is nothing he hasn’t done before. And better. Even within Jackson’s confused-cop-dealing-with-a-troubled-woman-in-an-exploitation-flick oeuvre, pick up Phillip Kaufman’s “Twisted” instead. And it is a sad day when that is the better choice...