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Even Entertainment Properties Trust, a publicly traded REIT that owns movie theaters, recently ventured into the vineyard business, purchasing at least three vineyards, all focusing on upscale grapes. Chief executive David Brain believes demographics will drive that sector for the next 10 to 15 years, and he expects average annual returns of about 10%. The demand has pushed the price per acre in Napa Valley's premium vineyards to between $200,000 and $300,000, up from between $125,000 and $180,000 in 2002, according to Tony Correia, president of Correia-Xavier Inc., a property appraiser in Fresno, Calif...
...reforms he hopes will force a break with France's socio-economic past. On Thursday, Sarkozy will be getting his first major taste of opposition to his quest to create such a breach: massive public sector strikes that will not only shape the future of Sarkozy's entire reformist drive - but perhaps his entire presidency as well...
...what creates this drive? Is it still an unspoken rule of our traditionally male-dominated society that women must combine talent with beauty if they hope to succeed? Few people would go so far as to claim that attractiveness is more important than intelligence and competence in determining success. But this does not prevent them from encouraging you to gussy up and don that cute skirt before your interview...
...League and in the top 20 in the country in both rushing and passing defense. But in the first half, it wasn’t clear that either defense was heavily involved. By halftime, the score stood at 17-17, though the entire half involved only two scoring drives longer than 50 yards, the first a 10-play, 86-yard touchdown drive by the Crimson that ended in a touchdown toss from senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti to senior fullback Noah Van Niel, and the second a 51-yard drive in seven plays by the Leopards that resulted in a touchdown...
...interception,” Williams said. “I got to be the beneficiary of, the spotlight of, his hard work.”In fact, both second-half scores came off turnovers. Tied at 17 heading into halftime, the two teams traded punts and stalled drives throughout the third quarter and entered the fourth still deadlocked.The first Lafayette drive of the quarter ended early on an interception by junior cornerback Andrew Berry. Berry took the return 33 yards and into Leopards territory, setting up a 40-yard field goal from sophomore Patrick Long...