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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DU RHÔNE. Despite late rains in this immensely prolific area, quality and color are notable. Some excellent Côtes du Rhônes have been selling in the U.S. at about $3 a bottle. Most wines from the area, including the renowned Châteauneuf-du-Pape, are now likely to rise at least 25%. They should be ready to enjoy in two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The '76 Grapes of Joy | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...Ozawa, the New England Conservatory Orchestra under Gunther Schuller, the University of Iowa Orchestra under James Dixon, and an orchestra of Boston musicians under Richard Pittman. Many chamber ensembles, including Boston Musica Viva, Collage, the Celveland String Quartet, the Pro Arte String Quartet, and the Societe de Musique contemporaine du Quebec, will also be appearing. Most of the concerts will be in the Conservatory's venerable Jordan Hall, which should help with acclimatization to even the most unfamiliar sounds...

Author: By Jay E. Golan, | Title: classical music | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...Since then scientists have considered other ways of combatting the disease, including breeding armies of tiny parasitic wasps that would attack the fungus-bearing beetles, and defending elms with sticky traps coated with beetle-attracting odors. The newest weapon is a fungicide called Lignasan BLP, manufactured by Du Pont and put in commercial use for the first time this summer in about 1,000 locations in the U.S., including New York's Central Park, the White House lawns and in Minneapolis-St. Paul, where as many as 18,000 diseased trees may be cut down this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fighting the Blight | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...healthy trees. But many plant scientists refuse to endorse the product until they know more about proper dosages, duration of protection and the chemical's effectiveness when used without other preventive measures-such as insect control and prompt, careful pruning or removal of blighted elms. Just as cautiously, Du Pont emphasizes that Lignasan is only an aid for controlling the disease, not a cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Fighting the Blight | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

Perhaps more to the point, Du Font's department managers are being leaned on to produce profits. The near autonomy of yesteryear has been abolished through ever increasing central control. Says Shapiro: "No question, we're mean, tough s.o.b.s." The result: the giant of the Brandywine is paying less attention to laurels and more to cold cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Mean, Tough S.O.B.s | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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