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Central Otago, at the southern end of the South Island, is New Zealand's fastest-growing wine area?mostly producing Pinots and Rieslings. The Gibbston Valley vineyard sells nearly half of its acclaimed Pinot Noirs to some 125,000 tourists a year, many of whom come to the tasting rooms on day excursions from the nearby adventure sports capital Queenstown. Visitors can tour the vineyard and the cool, concrete-lined cave where wine sits in racked barrels before sitting down to lunch in a shady outdoor restaurant...
...Chinese restaurants, the popularity of Asian-themed movies and television shows (fromPokemon to Iron Chef), the growing appeal of karate, Taoist sex practices, Buddhism, feng shui, karaoke, the influence of traditional Japanese art on American artists and so on. Furthermore, Cohen claims, Asian-Americans are the “fastest-growing population group, generally the most affluent, and the best educated,” attending the top colleges and becoming an “important force in mainstream American politics,” influencing American foreign policy and public opinion. Given the influx of Asian immigrants into America, Cohen concludes...
While that result was disappointing, Harvard did send its fastest boats to Tufts, leaving those at Yale to face the tough, wavy conditions of the open water of Long Island Sound. Harvard was also competing in Yale’s 420 boats, which handle quite differently than the Larks—closed water boats that the Crimson usually employs...
...Vegas is one of the fastest-growing cities in America. That may come as a surprise if you watch CSI (CBS, Thursdays, 9 p.m. E.T.), which kills off a few Sin City denizens each week in a fashion bizarre enough to interest America's newest favorite geeks: Gil Grissom (William Petersen), Catherine Willows (Marg Helgenberger) and their fellow crime-scene investigators--forensics wizards who can see a culprit in a speck of blood. Despite having a high-profile godfather in movie blockbuster-maker Jerry Bruckheimer, CSI made its debut in fall 2000 with little notice. In some recent weeks, though...
...Sunday services in Boston proper were drawing 1,000 people. In 1986 the BCC planted churches in Asia and Africa, in 1991 the 100th church was planted in Moscow and in 1994 the Los Angeles and New York branches were, according to the BCC at least, the top two fastest-growing churches in North America. By 2000 the BCC had reached its goal of planting a church in every nation with a city of at least 100,000 people...